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(sj350-105) SHARK RAY spine + clasper claspers guitarfish shark sharks taxidermy
(sj350-105) SHARK RAY spine + clasper claspers guitarfish shark sharks taxidermy

(sj350-105) SHARK RAY spine + clasper claspers guitarfish shark sharks taxidermy

$ 70.21

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Philippines

    Description

    (internal #SJ350-105)  Modern Shark Ray shark (
    Rhina ancylostoma
    ) - One shark ray spine (11-5/8" long) and one clasper (5-3/4" long).
    SHARK RAY SPINE
    The Shark Ray has a unique thorny ridge on the hide on its back resembling "mountain ridges" that is harvested and very collectable.
    SHARK RAY CLASPERS
    The males possess retractable copulation organs, referred to as claspers, located near the pelvic fins. These prepelvic claspers are spoon-shaped and consist of frill-like lobes and a globular gland. There is also a thumb-shaped clasper located on the head used to secure the female during copulation. On the Shark Ray, these have the same type of "thorny or mountain ridge" texture as the "spine" (which is a ridge on the hide on its back) which is also highly collectible.
    SHARK RAY
    Shark
    Shark ray is also known also the bowmouth guitarfish and bowmouth wedgefish and is a relative to skates and rays.
    THESE SHARKS ARE NOT CAUGHT FOR THEIR JAWS.  All shark jaws are obtained from the legal fishing industry in the Philippines and off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean.   These sharks are caught for their hides & meat.  The jaws & teeth are sold as a collectible to recycle 100% of the shark.
    We do not support sport fishing, illegal taking of sharks, we don't even eat in restaurants that serve Shark Fin soup due to the cruel and wasteful nature of shark finning.  We do not catch sharks ourselves.
    Click on our Ebay store tag for MANY more shark items!
    INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: There is a fee we are required to pay U.S. Fish & Wildlife to inspect the package going outside the United States.  I may be able to discount this off for you depending on the size of jaw, though I still have to pay the fee.  Or combine numerous jaws and I can discount it off.  Yes, I wish I did not have this fee requirement.  But it is the law.