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shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
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ray
cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
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Hexanchus griseus, cow shark, six-gilled shark
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
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mackerel shark
fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
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Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher, thresher shark
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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Orectolobus barbatus, carpet shark
shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
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Ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse shark
small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
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Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tiger
shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
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Rhincodon typus, whale shark
large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
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cat shark
small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes
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requiem shark
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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dogfish
any of several small sharks
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hammerhead, hammerhead shark
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
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Squatina squatina, angel shark, angelfish, monkfish
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
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crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, torpedo
any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
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sawfish
primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout
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guitarfish
primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body
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stingray
large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
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eagle ray
powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays
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devilfish, manta, manta ray
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
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skate
large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
