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Sharks
When many think of sharks, they think of the movie Jaws or a dangerous man-eating fish. In reality, sharks is a large group of fish that includes very small to much larger fish. Some can be harmful to man and others are harmless. To delve into this interesting and diverse group of cartilaginous saltwater fish that have sharp teeth and a bad reputation, ask your questions in this category.
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What taxa do the bat and shark share?
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Bats and sharks both belong to the animal kingdom (Animalia) and the class of vertebrates (Vertebrata). Within the vertebrates, bats are mammals (Mammalia), while sharks are cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), placing them in different subclasses.
What is the taxonomy for a great white shark?
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The taxonomy for a great white shark is as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Lamniformes
- Family: Lamnidae
- Genus: Carcharodon
- Species: Carcharodon carcharias
What is a blue sharks scientific name?
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The scientific name for the blue shark is Prionace glauca.
What is the scientific name of butanding?
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The scientific name of butanding, or whale shark, is Rhincodon typus.
What class of fish do sharks belong to?
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Sharks belong to cartilaginous fish. (Chondrichthyes)
Why are sharks and humans in the same phylum?
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Sharks and humans are in the same phylum, Chordata, because they both have a notochord (a flexible rod that provides support) at some stage of their development. This common characteristic places them in the same phylum, alongside other animals that possess a notochord at some point in their life cycle.
What is the scientific name for a mako shark?
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the real name for a mako shark depends on what type it is.it could be longfin (isurus pausus),or the more commen shortfin (isurus oxyrinchus).or it could be one of the extinct types,if u want to know them,google it
Do sharks and whales belong to the same group?
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No, sharks and whales belong to different groups. Sharks are fish and belong to the group Chondrichthyes, while whales are mammals and belong to the group Cetacea. They are both classified under the superclass Osteichthyes, which includes all bony fish, but they diverged into separate evolutionary paths long ago.
Sharks scientific name?
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Sharks are cartilaginous fish of the Superorder Selachimorpha.
What is the scientific name for a nurse shark?
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The scientific name for a nurse shark is Ginglymostoma cirratum.
However, the scientific name for the grey nurse shark is Carcharias taurus.
While Carcharias taurus is a large, common shark throughout the world, Ginglymostoma cirratum differ from most sharks because they live at the ocean floor and have an atypical appearance.
This example helps to explain why scientific naming exists: people in different places come up with different names for the same species. People in Australis call Carcharias taurus a grey nurse shark while people in the United States or the United Kingdom call the same shark a sand tiger shark. For scientists to avoid this sort of confusion, they classify and name species in Latin so that a scientist in one part of the world can easily tell if an animal is the same animal that another scientist somewhere else has observed.
For more information on nurse sharks and grey nurse sharks, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Links.
What is the scientific name of a Dogfish shark?
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The scientific name for the hammerhead shark family is Sphyrnidae, with most being in the genus Sphyrna.
The Great Hammerhead Shark is Sphyrna mokarran. (endangered species)
The scalloped hammerhead is Sphyrna lewini. (endangered species)
The "winghead shark" is Eusphyra blochii.
Alliteration for the word shark?
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shiny, sinuous shark snaking silently through the sea
Is there sharks in lake havasu?
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To date there are no documented accounts of sharks being present in Lake Havasu (2010). However, the possibility of a stray shark travelling that far inland in general does exist.
The Bull Shark in particular is capable of travelling far up rivers and estuaries from the ocean (through use of a process known as osmoregulation). Bull Sharks have been documented as far inland as Indiana and are considered responsible for a significant percentage of attacks on humans worldwide. The Bull Shark's known range includes the Gulf of California where the Colorado River empties into the ocean.
But more to the point, Lake Havasu is a reservoir created by the dam in Parker, AZ. I do not think it would be possible for any marine life to travel upstream past the dam, so there is no chance of this occurrence.
What are fish bones made of?
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A fish is made of scales, bones, blood, intestines, etc. Basically the same way we are created, but we are 75% water, and fish have are not. If you really want to see what a fish is made of, Google "Fish Chart" in the Pictures section.
Do sharks lay eggs or have babies?
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Different species of sharks exhibit different birthing styles. Some are Oviparous (egg layers), some are Ovoviviparous (eggs develop inside the mother and then the mother gives live birth but doesnt give nourishment to the babies via a placenta), and some are viviparous (live birth with placental nourishment)
Why does Venice Florida have so many sharks' teeth?
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years ago many whales and sharks were in the gulf around Venice because they were feeding on the fish, as years went on they died and sank to the bottom of the ocean and when waves come the teeth fall out and wash to shore. I live in Venice and have a private beach to find giant or small teeth but a hot spot for finding is caspesrsen, where I went today and found a 1inch megladon tooth a a 1 inch Mako tooth. After storms around the gulf the teeth get stirred up and brought to shore. After a storm the ocean will be rough and wavy but when it settles the shark teeth settle to!40 to 50 years ago teeth were more plentiful then they are now but they are still out there! Divers about 2 miles off the coast can find 5 to 6 inch teeth. Megladon teeth are large unless, like mine, they are a "juvenile" magladon tooth which can size a lot smaller. An easy way to find shark teeth is to use a sand rake( but be careful with them they rust easily) to sift through sand and find cool shells and shark teeth. Another way is to put on a mask and look underwater about a quarter mile or more of shore but u can find them by just scooping up odd shapes piled of sand That will most likely have something in it. Hope this helps!, Jamiegirl
How old was Bethany Hamilton when her arm was bit off?
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It happened on October 31, 2003.
Are you mostly to get killed by lighting or by a shark?
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youre proably more likely to get killed by a shark than lightining
Is the red tailed shark a shark or a fish?
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A fish is an animal therefore it can be classified as both.
What do mother sharks have to eat while their pregnant?
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Yes. Unborn sharks too indulge in intrauterine cannibalism (stronger unborn pups eating their weaker womb-mates). As a result, not all baby sharks that get formed inside the mother, dont live long enough to come out of the mother shark. Great Whites are one of the very few species where baby sharks exhibit this kind of behavior
