- fin pair over the other, and
include rajiform, diodontiform, amiiform,
gymnotiform and
balistiform modes.
Rajiform locomotion is
characteristic of rays...
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superorder Batoidea,
flattened cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.
Rajiforms are
distinguished by the
presence of
greatly enlarged pectoral fins, which...
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swimming fall
somewhere along a
spectrum of
swimming modes from
mobuliform to
rajiform based on the
number of
waves present on
their fin at once. Of the four...
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gurnards In
skates and rays, the
pectoral fins are used for
propulsion (
rajiform propulsion) The "horns" of
manta rays and
their relatives are
called cephalic...
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known as
Rajiform locomotion to
glide along the
water floor.
Current research suggests that some
species of skates, in
addition to
their Rajiform locomotion...
- The
undulatory pectoral fin
motion diagnostic to this
taxon is
known as
rajiform locomotion. The eyes and
spiracles are
located on the
upper surface of...
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Marckgrafia M.
lybica 13
teeth A
member of
Batoidea Onchopristis O.
numida A
rajiform ray
Peyeria P.
libyca Three teeth A sawfish.
Might be a
junior synonym...
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Sclerorhynchoidei is an
extinct suborder of
rajiform rays that had long
rostra with
large denticles similar to
sawfishes and sawsharks. This
feature was...
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Tomewingia is an
extinct genus of
rajiform ray from the
Maastrichtian epoch of the
Cretaceous period. It is
known solely from
isolated teeth from a single...
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include guitarfish (Rhinobatos and Squatirhina),
sawfish and
rajiforms (Walteraja). The
rajiforms,
adapted to
colder temperatures, were the most
common rays...
