Definition of Subclass selachii

1. Noun. Sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates.


Literary usage of Subclass selachii

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1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... subclass selachii. (THE SELACHIANS.) This group, sufficiently defined above, includes two orders, the Sharks and the Rays, — marine fishes of large size ..."

2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"ANALYSIS OF ORDERS OF ELASMOBRANCHS. * Gill-openings slit-like, 5 to 7 in number; jaws distinct from the skull. (subclass selachii.) t Gill-openings lateral ..."

3. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Subclass SELACHII.* (THE SHARKS AND SKATES.) Thia group, sufficiently defined above, includes among recent fishes, the Shark* and the Rays, ..."

4. Arrangement of the Families of Fishes by Theodore Gill (1872)
"317-343. Prof. Cope's primary divisions or subclasses of the class PISCES are as follows :— Subclass HOLOCEPHALI. Subclass SELACHII. Subclass DIPNOI. ..."

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