Chondrichthyes Flashcards
Hexanchiformes
Selachii - Squalomorphii - cow sharks, frill sharks
Squaliformes
Selachii - Squalomorphii - dog fish sharks, lantern sharks, greenland shark, cookie-cutter shark
Squantiformes
Selachii - Squalomorphii - angel sharks
Pristiophoriformes
Selachii - Squalomorphii - saw sharks
Heterodontiformes
Selachii - Galeomorphii - horn sharks
Orectolobiformes
Selachii - Galeomorphii - carpet sharks, wobbegongs, bamboo shark, whale shark
Lamniformes
Selachii - Galeomorphii - mako sharks, great white sharks, basking sharks, megamouth sharks
Carchariniformes
Selachii - Galeomorphii - hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, bull sharks, bonnet head sharks, swell shark
Rajiformes
Skates, guitarfishes
Torpedoniformes
electric rays. 69 sp. viviparous. 2 rounded dorsal fins and thick, stout tail for locomotion. Two electric organs lateral to head formed from modified scales
Pristiformes
Sawfishes - slow maturing, nocturnal, oviparous, long rostral blade snout projection
Myliobatiformes
sting rays, manta rays, eagle rays. Viviparous, lack dorsal fin, whip-like tail, plate like crushing teeth
oscillation
Less than half a wave present in pectoral fin
undulation
More than one wave present on the pectoral fin at a time