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The endoskeleton of the fish is made up of two main components: the axial skeleton consisting of the skull and vertebral column, and the appendicular skeleton supporting the fins. [7] The fins are made up of bony fin rays and, except for the caudal fin, have no direct connection with the spine.
The black endostyle is visible below the oral siphon, as well as a mid-dorsal black line below the atrial siphon. [11] Clavelina ossipandae is also recognizable by the black markings on its white anterior portion (a central dot between the oral and atrial siphons, surrounded by two lateral bands), uniquely distinctive in the genus Clavelina.
Fish bone is any bony tissue in a fish, although in common usage the term refers specifically to delicate parts of the non-vertebral skeleton of such as ribs, fin spines and intramuscular bones. Not all fish have fish bones in this sense; for instance, eels and anglerfish do not possess bones other than the cranium and the vertebrae.
The hagfish skeleton comprises the skull, the notochord, and the caudal fin rays. The first diagram of the hagfish endoskeleton was made by Frederick Cole in 1905. [44] In Cole's monograph, he described sections of the skeleton that he termed "pseudo-cartilage", referring to its distinct properties compared to jawed chordates.
The American paddlefish is a smooth-skinned freshwater fish with an almost entirely cartilaginous skeleton and a paddle-shaped rostrum (snout), which extends nearly one-third its body length. It has been referred to as a freshwater shark because of its heterocercal tail or caudal fin resembling that of sharks, though it is not closely related ...
Chondrichthyes (/ k ɒ n ˈ d r ɪ k θ i iː z /; from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros) 'cartilage' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) 'fish') is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.
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Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (White-spotted smooth-hound) Mustelus punctulatus A. Risso, 1827 (Black-spotted smooth-hound) Mustelus ravidus W. T. White & Last, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound) Mustelus schmitti S. Springer, 1939 (Narrow-nose smooth-hound) Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound)