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Selachii

[sə′lāk·ē‚ī]
(vertebrate zoology)
An order of elasmobranchs including all fossil sharks, except Cladoselachii and Pleuracanthodii.
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They captured mainly Sciaenidae fish species such as whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri), southern king weakfish (Macrodon atricauda) and Jamaica weakfish (Cynoscion jamaicensis), as well as grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), several species of catfish (Ariidae), flounders (Paralichthyidae), sharks (Selachii) and rays (Batoidea) (Castro et al., 2007).
A new species of Triakis (Selachii) from New Zealand.
Scymnodalatias new genus, based on Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921 (Selachii).
Part A: Selachii. N[degrees] 2c: Order: Carcharhiniformes Families: Proscylliidae, Hemigaleidae, Pseudotriakidae, Leptochariidae and Carcharhinidae.
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