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Caudal Fin Anatomy
Body Shapes:
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Case Study: Thresher Shark
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Pelagic and Whale Sharks

The defining characteristics of this body type include:

Genus

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Carchardodon

Example: Great White Shark

(image courtesy of http://utweb.ut.edu/hosted/faculty/dhuber/critters.html)

 

 

 

 

Cetorhinus

Example: Basking Shark

(image courtesy of http://elasmodiver.com/Sharkive%20images/Basking%20shark%2002.jpg)

 

Isurus

Example: Shortfin Mako Shark

(image courtesy of http://elasmodiver.com/Sharkive%20images/Shortfin_Mako_Shark_303.jpg)

Lamna

Example: Porbeagle Shark

(image courtesy of http://elasmodiver.com/Sharkive%20images/Porbeagle%20Shark%20005.jpg)

Rhincodon

Example: Whale Shark

(images courtesy of http://bigfishphotographyexpeditions.com/WhaleSharkDivingIslaMujeres.html)

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