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| The Dark Phoenix | Jun 13 2014, 02:42 PM Post #1 |
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Chondrichthyes Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Callorhinchids: Long nosed filter feeding ghost sharks that feed on the ocean floor. They live world wide. Selachimorpha: Hybodontiformes: Hybodontids: Freshwater spiny sharks, once a ocean going group, now a river rarity found in Australia, Africa, and Asia. Hexanchiformes: Chlamydoselachids: Deep Sea squid hunting frilled sharks. They live in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Hexanchids: Cow sharks, the large scavengers of the benthic zone. They live world wide. Squaliformes: Echinorhinids: Spiny nosed sharks that hunt for hagfish and ghost sharks. They live world wide. Somniosids: Sleeper sharks, hunters of large squids, ammonites, and large deep sea fish. They live in world wide and are even found at the arctic and Antarctic. Squalids: Dogfish sharks, since tiger sharks, blue sharks, and their kind don't exist here, these take the niches of Requiem sharks. They live world wide. Pristiophoriformes: Pristiophorids: Sawsharks, small sharks with chainsaws for faces. They live in all tropical oceans world wide. Squatiniformes: Squatinids: Coastal angel sharks, They hunt small fish and are hunted by plesiosaurs in tropical oceans world wide. Heterodontiformes: Heterodontids: Coastal shellfish eating sharks with spines on each dorsal fin. They live in all Tropical oceans world wide. Orectolobiformes: Brachaelurids: Blind sharks found in the Indian ocean with a few species in the pacific ocean. They are reef dwelling sharks. Ginglymostomatids: Nurse sharks, these shellfish eating creatures live in all tropical oceans of the world. They prefer coastal sandy bottoms to reefs. Hemiscylliids: Bamboo sharks, reef dwelling predators that look like a stretched mini nurse shark. They live in the Indian and pacific oceans. Orectolobids: Carpet sharks, weird looking predators that hunt in reefs. They live in the Indian and pacific oceans. Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinids: Cat sharks, Small fish hunters in temperate and tropical oceans world wide. Lamniformes: Lamnids: Fast swimming predators that hunt marine reptiles and large fish. They are not the top predators though. They live world wide and even in the colder areas. Mitsukurinids: Benthic and pelagic sharks that hunt for squid and small fish. They live in tropical oceans world wide. Odontaspidids: The creepy looking Sand tiger sharks. They are found in the Tropical Atlantic and Indian oceans. Some even venture into freshwater. Batoidea: Myliobatiformes: Plesiobatids: Giant benthic stingrays, the third largest cartilaginous fishes. They live world wide and are cold tolerant. They feed on carrion and shellfish. Dasyatids: Whiptail stingrays, coastal and reef dwelling stingrays. They live world wide with some freshwater species in South America, Asia, Australia, and North America. Myliobatids: Eagle rays, fast pursuing predators in reef and pelagic areas of the sea. They live world wide and are cold tolerant. Pristiformes: Pristids: Sawfish, coastal and freshwater shark-like creatures with a chainsaw-like projection on their faces. They live in all tropical oceans with freshwater species in Australia. They are rare due to the presence of Sclerorhynchiformes. Sclerorhynchiformes Sclerorhynchids: More common species of sawfish found even in the deeper parts of the oceans as well as the freshwater ecosystems of Africa, Asia, and South America. Edited by The Dark Phoenix, Apr 5 2017, 12:08 AM.
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