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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Silky shark, Noronha skink, Audubon's Shearwater, Golden hamster, Black-footed Albatross, Emerald tree monitor, Dumeril's monitor, Marsh Mongoose, Blaptica dubia, Cancer productus, Sarcophaga crassipalpis, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Anax parthenope, Black-headed Honeyeater, Anguilla Bank Ameiva, Common Garden Skink, Eastern Grass-owl, Neoscona crucifera, West African Lungfish, Rose-throated Becard, Ground Cuckooshrike, Bonin Nankeen Night Heron, Martinique Giant Ameiva, Xiphasia setifer, Cinquefoil Skipper, Widow Skimmer, Alpine Musk Deer, Olive Skipper, Carline Skipper, Phaon iridipennis, Emerald-chinned Hummingbird, Rosy Grizzled Skipper, Anthomyia quinquemaculata, Northern Grizzled Skipper, Lestes plagiatus, Sandy Grizzled Skipper, Dusky Grizzled Skipper, Cerithiopsis greenii, Rauna angusta, Cuban Pygmy-owl, Aeger elegans, Libellula semifasciata, Hook-billed Bulbul, Mangelia paciniana, Pseudoharpax virescens, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Nesogalepsus madagascariensis, Common Slug Snake, Chrysotoxum triarcuatum, Typhlops ater, Paramantis prasina. Excerpt: The silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, named for the smooth texture of its skin. It is one of the most abundant sharks in the pelagic zone, and can be found around the world in tropical waters. Highly mobile and migratory, this shark is most often found over the edge of the continental shelf down to a depth of 50 m (164 ft). The silky shark has a slender, streamlined body and typically grows to a length of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). It can be distinguished from other large requiem sharks by its relatively small first dorsal fin with a curving rear margin, its tiny second dorsal fin with a long free rear tip, and its long, sickle-shaped pectoral fins. It is a deep, metallic bronze-gray above and white below. With prey o...
