selachian

(sɪˈleɪkɪən)

adj

(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Selachii (or Elasmobranchii), a large subclass of cartilaginous fishes including the sharks, rays, dogfish, and skates

(Animals) any fish belonging to the subclass Selachii

Also: elasmobranch

[C19: from New Latin Selachiī, from Greek selakhē a shark; related to Greek selas brightness]

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Noun

selachian - any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates

elasmobranch

cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian - fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified

Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii - sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates

shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

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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The first record was of fin spines and heterostracans from Pennsylvania by Claypole (1884, 1885); he assigned the fin spines ("small spines apparently of Selachian fish": Claypole 1885, p.

Microvertebrates from the Silurian-Devonian boundary beds of the Eastport Formation, Maine, eastern USA

His uncredited work includes "Dirty Harry"'s "Do you feel lucky?" street interrogation and Robert Shaw's selachian monologue on the fate of the U.S.S.

John Milius: a real Wolverine

This fossil fish fauna consists of thousands of selachian teeth and bony fish remains (including teeth, cranial fragments, vertebrae, fin spines, otoliths).

Diversidad de vertebrados marino costeros de la Provincia Weddelliana en un horizonte basal (Ypresiano, Eoceno) del Alomiembro Cucullaea I, Formacion La Meseta, isla Seymour (Marambio), Antartida

In this study, the structure, distribution, and density of oral denticles within the oropharyngeal cavities are described for six batoid species from three families and for five selachian species from three families (where present).

Structure and topographic distribution of oral denticles in elasmobranch fishes

[(TTAGGG).sub.n] telomeric sequence in selachian chromosomes.

The possible role of telomeres in the short life span of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819)

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Lamniforms sharks constitute about 19% of the selachian assemblage, with odontaspidids being the dominant forms.

Late Eocene sharks of the Hardie Mine local fauna of Wilkinson County, Georgia

The fact that in the same layer selachian teeth with a pristine conservation are found together with others showing signs of abrasion suggests that the latter remained in a nearshore energetic environment for a long time before the burial.

Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update