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By A. Peter Klimley,Steven Oerding

The Biology of Sharks and Rays is a accomplished source at the organic and physiological features of the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras. In 16 chapters, geared up by means of topic, A. Peter Klimley covers a wide spectrum of issues, together with taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and body structure. for instance, he explains the physique layout of sharks and why the ridged, toothlike denticles that hide their whole our bodies are current on merely a part of the rays’ our bodies and are absent from these of chimaeras. one other bankruptcy explores the anatomy of the jaws and the position of the muscle tissues and the teeth in jaw extension, seizure, and dealing with of prey. The chapters are richly illustrated with images of sharks, diagrams of sensory organs, drawings of the physique postures of sharks in the course of possibility and reproductive monitors, and maps displaying the level of the species’ foraging diversity and long-distance migrations. each one bankruptcy commences with an anecdote from the writer approximately his personal own event with the subject, by means of thought-provoking questions and an inventory of prompt readings within the medical literature. 

The publication should be an invaluable textbook for complicated ichthyology scholars in addition to an encyclopedic resource for these looking a better realizing of those interesting creatures.

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