Prionace glauca, Blue Shark [+]
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Elasmobranchii Order Carcharhiniformes Family Carcharhinidae Genus Prionace Species: Prionace glauca [Endangered Status +ITIS +WoRMS]
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Prions Mutate and Adapt to Host Environment
December 17, 2010 " Scientists have shown that prions, bits of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease, ...
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
A small, oceanic petrel, the fairy prion has a pale body and blue-gray upper wings with a distinct, M-shaped black band.
Prionailurus viverrinus is distributed in south-eastern parts of Asia, then in Indonesia and Java. It is over 40 cm tall with the length of 120 cm. Its weight is about 12 kg while females are lighter.
Prion vittatus (Forster, 1777)
Procellaria vittata Forster, 1777[citation needed] ...
Prionailurus
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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) ...
The Genus "Negaprion"
The Species of the Genus "Negaprion"
Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) ' more ...
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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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.
The Prions are a small groups of Petrels which were once known as whale birds, this is because they feed on the same marine plankton that baleen whales feed on and were thus likely to be good indicators of where the whales may be.
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 ...
Shearwaters, prions, fulmar-petrels and gadlfy petrels make up this family (though it excludes the storm or diving petrels). These birds can be found fishing for prey in every ocean in the world.
Scientific name: Procellariidae
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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.
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
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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.
The leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis, fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus, flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps, and Geoffroy's cat Oncifelis geoffroyi all swim and hunt for amphibians and fish in streams and rivers.
At sea, despite their transparency inanga are preyed upon by marine fish such as hapuka (Polyprion oxygeneios), red cod (Pseudophycis bachus) and kahawai (Arripis trutta) as whitebait have been found in the stomachs of these fish (McDowall, 1990).
Prionops alberti
[c. Africa]
In African Silences, Peter Matthiessen tells of asking famous African ornithologists about the "best birds" in Africa.
The disease agent is a prion, an abnormal form of cellular protein that is most commonly found in the central nervous system and in lymphoid tissue.
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) ...
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.
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: Petrel, Shearwater, Fulmar, Sea Lion, Lion
  
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