Prionace glauca, Blue Shark [+]
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Elasmobranchii Order Carcharhiniformes Family Carcharhinidae Genus Prionace Species: Prionace glauca [Endangered Status +ITIS +WoRMS]
Description & Behavior ...
Prion vittatus (Forster, 1777)
Procellaria vittata Forster, 1777[citation needed] ...
Prionailurus
Scientific Name:
Comprised of the genus followed by the species...
Dove Prion, Dove Petrel, Antarctic Dove-petrel, Blue Dove-Petrel, Banks's Dove-Petrel, Dove-white Petrel, Antarctic Whalebird, Antarctic Whale-bird, Dove Whale-bird, Whalebird, Snowbird, Kerguelen Whale-bird
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Thin-billed prion (Pachyptila belcheri)
Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
Cape petrel (Daption capense)
Southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) ...
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
Described by: Forster, G. (1777)
Alternate common name(s): Common Prion, Whalebird
Old scientific name(s): Pachyptila forsteri ...
Avibirds European birdguide online
Your source to the birds of Europe: Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Similar species Sternidae ...
Prions are small petrels. They are found in the Southern Ocean and breed on a number of subantarctic islands. Prions grow 20-27 cm long, and have blue-grey upper parts and white underparts.
Prioniturus montanus malindangensis
Description:
Average length is 12 ins (30 cm); wing length 6 - 6.75 ins (152 - 172 mm).
Amphiprion ocellaris
Common name: false clownfish, ocellaris clown
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Photo by Jeff Noschese ...
We had Fairy Prions and Crested Tern before hitting a relatively quiet area. The regulars call this the Abysmal Plain. They know the birding will pick up after we get to the edge of the shelf.
Prions are something new that has alarmed the world by causing 'mad cow disease'.
Prions are even simpler than viruses as they are just a clump of protein.
There's no DNA or RNA, no cell wall, nothing that would make it appear to be a living thing.
Prionobutis dasyrhynchus (Günther, 1868)
Small-eyed loter, Prionobutis microps (Weber, 1907)
Genus Ratsirakia
Ratsirakia legendrei (Pellegrin, 1919) ...
Amphiprion frenatus
Tomato clown fish
Amphiprion ocellaris
False clown fish ...
HELICOPRION
Helicoprion was an ancient fish from the Late Paleozoic (it appeared during the Carboniferous period, about 345 million years ago).
Fairy Prions (Pachyptila turtur)
And then there were the "true petrels", insofar as that group has any taxonomic meaning anymore. The first to cruise past in a hurry were the stunning Cook's Petrels.
Blue shark, Prionace glauca
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Where are they found? Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean ...
Anolis pentaprion
Lichen Anole
Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Golfito region, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
9/25/2001 ...
Blue shark (Prionace glauca):
The graceful blue shark is well known to scuba divers and commercial fishers - they have been seen circling divers and have followed fishing boats for days, eating stray fish.
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
Blue sharks are considered to be dangerous and are thought to be responsible for attacks on ship and air disaster victims.
14. Blue Shark, Prionace glauca - up to 13', found over shallow muddy bottoms and on the open sea. Disjunct distribution along Atlantic Coast. Feed on small schooling fishes.
Amphiprion
Scientific Name:
Amphiprion melanopus
Description
: These fish can grow up to 12 cm in length. Most of the side of the body is black; the breast, belly and dorsal fin can be many shades of red to orange.
Saw-tooth Moray, Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895
Scale worm larva
Scales of a Brier Shark (0.03 mm scale)
Scales of a Brier Shark (0.1 mm scale)
Scalloped Hammerhead Illustration
Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini (Griffin & Smith, 1834) ...
The Momotidae form but a small group, containing about six genera, of which the best known are: Momotus, Baryphthengus, Hylomanes, Eumomota, Aspatha and Prionorhynchus, and the number of species is very small.
Prionops alberti
[c. Africa]
In African Silences, Peter Matthiessen tells of asking famous African ornithologists about the "best birds" in Africa.
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) ...
The Huia relied mainly on insects for their food, especially those living in wood or under bark such as the abundant huhu beetle grub, Prionoplus reticularis.
It is widely distributed, but mostly breeds on offshore islands that hold populations of prions and petrels which form the bulk of its prey.
"Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleutica." Alaska Seabird Information Series. Branch Chief, Nongame Migratory Birds, Migratory BirdManagement, USFWS, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, Alaska. Accessed 26 August 2007.
Linsang
the Linsangs apportions Fleckenlinsang (Prionodon pardicolor) and Bänderlinsang (Prionodon linsang) into the Afrika-Linsang or Pojana (Poiana richards...
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This family includes species such as petrels and prions. All members of the family have tube-like nostrils on the top of their upper beak and are believed to be one of the few bird families with a well-developed sense of smell.
It is caused by an abnormal protein called a prion which affects the animal's brain and is invariably fatal. Usually, months to years pass from the time an animal is infected to when it shows signs of the disease.
What they may not know is that the heroes of Finding Nemo are actually called false anemonefish. True anemonefish, Amphiprion percula, are nearly identical, but have subtle differences in shape and live in different habitats.
 See also: Tiger, Swift, Goose, Petrel, Eagle
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