Torpedo
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Ray - extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish, related to the shark.
Torpedo
A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, ...
The torpedo rays have been used as model organisms for molecular biology research, because of the high natural abundance of some proteins in its electrical organs. A notable example is acetylcholinesterase.
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the electric or torpedo rays distinguishes itself through one oval, disk-shaped bodies, off which the tail-stalk is clearly taken with wide stomach-fi...
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a torpedo-shaped fish distinguished by its sucker-like mouth, which is located on the underside of its blunt, rounded snout; its mouth has thick lips covered with little fleshy bumps (papillae); ...
Atlantic torpedo rays (Torpedo nobiliana), for example, live along the coastlines of Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa. But they also have been found in the open ocean at depths of approximately 450 m (1,475 ft.).
Penguins' torpedo-shaped bodies are designed for moving efficiently through water. Humboldts can reach speeds of 30 miles per hour. They use their wings to help them swim, and their webbed feet to steer underwater.
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Gannets plummet into the sea like darts reaching speeds up to 60mph.
A streamlined torpedo shape helps flying fish generate enough speed to break the water's surface, and large, wing-like pectoral fins help get them airborne.
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Silvery, with torpedo-shaped body and conical snout.
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Bonefish primarily inhabit inshore shallows of the Florida Keys, often in water that is less than 1 foot deep ...
Cetaceans have long torpedo-shaped bodies and tails that end in flukes. They have an air or blow hole on the top of their head. Like most mammals, they give birth to live young and feed them milk. There are about 80 species in this order.
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Short-tail Torpedo Ray, Torpedo macneilli (Whitley, 1932)
Shoulderspot Goby, Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
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Shovelnose Catfish at Lawn Hill Gorge
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The bodies of melon-headed whales are shaped like torpedos and are similar in size to pygmy killer whales, making it difficult to distinguish between the two in the field.
in breadth, and it is shaped __st something like a torpedo with side flanges and a slightly swollen, rounded head. It can be divided into three regions - (i.) head, f (ii.) trunk, and (iii.) tail, separated from one another by two transverse septa.
This is aided by its torpedo-shaped, flexible body (3), and powerful hindquarters which move side-to-side to propel the seal through the water (4).
The pacific electric ray (Torpedo californica) is found from southern California to Northern British Columbia.
Most sharks have streamlined, torpedo-shaped bodies that glide easily through the ______________________________.
The torpedo-shaped fish ranges from dark olive brown to yellowish gold, its sides often marked with brassy flecks.
It has a streamlined, torpedo-shaped body and propels itself through the water by moving its hind flippers from side to side.
The Sirenia are large, plump, torpedo-shaped mammals adapted to an aquatic habitat; they live in the bays and coastal waters in tropical regions of the world.
The reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823), aka Caribbean reef squid, are members of the 10 arm cephalopods (decabrachia) with torpedo-shaped bodies (with the hood-like part above the head called the mantle which contains the stomach, ...
There are some fantastic creatures in this group-the freshwater sawfish, bowmouth guitarfish, Atlantic guitarfish, thornback, lesser electric ray, spotted electric ray, Atlantic torpedo, rough skate, round stingray.
The white shark is a robust, torpedo-shaped shark. The upper and lower lobes of the caudal fin are about even in size, and its serrated triangular teeth are virtually symmetrical.
The chicks, tiny black bundles of fluff no bigger than golf balls, are very quickly tumbled into the water, where they swim around behind their parents at an incredible speed for their size, like little torpedoes.
Pinnipeds, which arose from land mammals, have evolved slick, torpedo-shaped bodies ideal for gliding through water.
Seals such as the gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) can sleep underwater, and can even surface to breathe without awakening.
Its body is torpedo-shaped, which is very useful for swimming. Its ears and nostrils close when submerged. Its feet are webbed and suited for swimming. A river otter can swim up to 7 mph and can remain underwater for 6 to 8 minutes.
Penguins are shaped like a torpedo. Their body is built for the most efficient swimming with their average speed in the water being about 15 miles per hour.
Most squid bodies are torpedo-shaped; this helps propel them swiftly through the water. Squids swim by sucking water into their mantle cavity (a hollow space surrounding the internal organs) and quickly expelling it out of a siphon.
Similar Species Thornback (Platyrhinoidis triseriata) has 2 dorsal fins and 3 rows of tubercles on back of adults. Pacific Electric Ray (Torpedo californica) has 2 dorsal fins and lacks venomous spine on tail.
Islands' Undaunted Defenders "On Midway's two main islands, Sand and Eastern, 3,632 United States Navy and Marine Corps personnel, along with a few Army Air Force aircrews, stood at battle stations in and near their fighters, bombers, torpedo ...
The babirusa's body is roundish and sort of torpedo-shaped, and its legs are long and thin. Its tail is thin and about a foot long.
The body is thick and torpedo shaped. Legs are short and stout. The muzzle is lengthened to form a short, mobile, sensitive trunk. The eyes are small and flush with the sides of the head. The tail is short.
with the type of fish, but they all involve a nearly vertical plunge dive with wings half-folded and feet thrown forward at last moment. The fish are caught in talons after a dive to a maximum depth of 1m. The fish is held head first, like a torpedo, ...
Their flight muscles are rather small to allow for the small cross section required for plunge-diving, and thus their wing loading is high. Consequently, they are very streamlined, reducing drag, so their bodies are "torpedo-shaped" as well as ...
 See also: Shark, Whale, Reptile, Plesiosaur, Apatosaurus
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