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  2. Shark anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Dorsal fin diagram with landmarks labeled. Fins allow the sharks to be able to guide and lift themselves. Most sharks have eight fins: a pair of pectoral fins, a pair of pelvic fins, two dorsal fins, an anal fin, and a caudal fin. Pectoral fins are stiff, which enables downward movement, lift, and guidance.

  3. Dorsal fin - Wikipedia

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    The shape, size, position and colour of the dorsal fin varies with the type of billfish, and can be a simple way to identify a billfish species. For example, the white marlin has a dorsal fin with a curved front edge and is covered with black spots. [4] The huge dorsal fin, or sail, of the sailfish is kept retracted most of the time. Sailfish ...

  4. Fish fin - Wikipedia

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    Shark fin. According to the Humane Society International, approximately 100 million sharks are killed each year for their fins, in an act known as shark finning. [35] After the fins are cut off, the mutilated sharks are thrown back in the water and left to die. In some countries of Asia, shark fins are a culinary delicacy, such as shark fin ...

  5. Spinner shark - Wikipedia

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    The spinner shark resembles a larger version of the blacktip shark (C. limbatus), with a slender body, long snout, and black-marked fins. This species can be distinguished from the blacktip shark by the first dorsal fin, which has a different shape and is placed further back, and by the black tip on the anal fin (in adults only). It attains a ...

  6. Enormous shark fin spotted off Florida coast revealed to be a ...

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    Over the past several months, viewers have submitted videos of what appears to be a giant shark fin popping out of the water near the beaches in the Tampa Bay Area. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

  7. Great white shark - Wikipedia

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    Fishermen target many sharks for their jaws, teeth, and fins, and as game fish in general. The great white shark, however, is rarely an object of commercial fishing, although its flesh is considered valuable. If casually captured (it happens for example in some tonnare in the Mediterranean), it is misleadingly sold as smooth-hound shark. [210]

  8. Bill to ban ‘vile and cruel’ shark fin trade has Government’s ...

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    Opening the second reading debate of her Shark Fins Bill, Labour’s Christina Rees told the Commons “sharks desperately need our help and protection”.

  9. Atlantic white-sided dolphin - Wikipedia

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    The key distinguishing feature is the dolphin's coloration—a white to pale-yellow patch is found behind the dorsal fin on both sides of the body. [4] The white-sided dolphin's color variations are unique amongst the standard hues of white, grey, black and blue seen on other pelagic cetaceans. [ 4 ]