STINGRAYS, EAGLE AND MANTA RAYS
Order: Myliobatiformes
Order: Myliobatiformes
BATOIDS ("RAYS"}
Super Order: Batoidea
Super Order: Batoidea
General:
No swim bladders, maintaining buoyancy instead with large livers that are full of oil e.g. squalene. This stored oil may also function as a nutrient when food is scarce.
Five to seven pairs of gill clefts opening individually to the exterior, rigid dorsal fins, and small placoid scales. The teeth are in several series; the upper jaw is not fused to the cranium, and the lower jaw is articulated with the upper.
No swim bladders, maintaining buoyancy instead with large livers that are full of oil e.g. squalene. This stored oil may also function as a nutrient when food is scarce.
Five to seven pairs of gill clefts opening individually to the exterior, rigid dorsal fins, and small placoid scales. The teeth are in several series; the upper jaw is not fused to the cranium, and the lower jaw is articulated with the upper.
