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rayAny of several orders (especially Ragiformes) of cartilaginous fishes with a flattened body, winglike pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail. Species include the stingray, for example the Southern stingray Dasyatis americana, which has a serrated, poisonous spine on the tail, and the torpedo fish. Ray
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00): (0) single long first ray connected to two proximal radials; (1) long fin ray connected to two proximal radials, preceded by one or two short fin rays. There are, however, records of similar structures on fin rays of the genus Nannocharax Gunther, 1867, which belongs to the family Distichodontidae (Vari & Ferraris Jr. in fin ray sections with daily growth increments in otoliths. |
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