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swimming and
smaller pectoral fins than most
batoids. The
pectoral fins are
attached above the
gills as in all
batoids,
giving the
fishes a broad-headed appearance...
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unique forms of locomotion. Most
Batoids exhibit median paired fin swimming,
utilizing their enlarged pectoral fins.
Batoids that
exhibit median paired fin...
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Myliobatiformes (/mɪliˈɒbətɪfɔːrmiːz/) is one of the four
orders of
batoids,
cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. They were
formerly included in the...
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Fontanella J (2013). "Two- and three-dimensional
geometries of
batoids in
relation to
locomotor mode".
Journal of
Experimental Biology and Ecology...
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known as
batoids or rays, but it also
includes the
skates and sawfishes.
Approximately 560
species are
described in
thirteen families.
Batoids are in the...
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cartilaginous fish,
including modern sharks (superorder Selachii), and
batoids (division Batomorphi,
including rays, skates, and sawfish)
Members of this...
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located on the
underside of the body, with a jaw
suspension common to
Batoids known as euhyostyly. Skate's gill
slits are
located ventrally as well,...
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current molecular studies support monophyly of both
groups of
sharks and
batoids. The
clade Selachimorpha is
divided into the
superorders Galea (or Galeomorphii)...
- debated. A 2004
study found sawsharks to
actually be the most
basal of
batoids rather than true sharks, with the
order Sclerorhynchiformes containing...
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musculature of
benthic batoids.
Journal of
Morphology 271: 1219-1228 Rosenberger, L. J. 2001.
Pectoral fin
locomotion in
batoid fishes:
undulation versus...
