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What cartilaginous fish is known for its highly asymmetrical tail fin?
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Why are cartilaginous fish called cartilaginous fish?
Cartilaginous fish, also known as elasmobranchi, have skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. Bony fish, also known as teleosts, have skeletons made of bone.
What class of fish has paired fins cartilaginous skeletons and a highly developed sense of smell?
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Is a tuna fish cartilaginous fish?
no. cartilaginous fishes are sharks and rays.
Do cartilaginous fish have operculum?
Jawless fish are cartilaginous, but they do not have jaws. Class Chondrichthyes, which contains most cartilaginous fish, like sharks, have powerful jaws.
Which fish can stay underwater the longest cartilaginous or bony fish?
it is the cartilaginous fish.s
Are skates cartilaginous fish or bony fish?
Similar to Stingrays, skates are cartilaginous.
What are chrondrichthyes?
chrondrichthyes are also known as cartilaginous fish with paired nares n fins.
Is a great white shark an anphibian?
No, it is a fish. Sharks(superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago.[1]
An example of a cartilaginous fish?
Cartilaginous fish such as sharks, skates, and rays are vertebrates, whose internal skeleton is made entirely of cartilage and contains no ossified bone. Cartilaginous fish are also known as Chondrichthyes and have one or two dorsal fins, a caudal fin, an anal fin, and ventral fins which are supported by girdles of the internal skeleton.
Like jawless fish cartilaginous fish have sketetons made of?
Both jawless fish and cartilaginous fish have skeletons made of cartilage.
What are the differences between jaw less fish and cartilaginous fish?
Jawless fish and cartilaginous fish have cartilaginous skeletons, and bony fish have skeletons made from bone. Cartilaginous fish and bony fish both have jaws, paired appendages, and whole vertebrae, and jawless fish lack jaws, paired appendages, and often are without whole vertebrae. Cartilaginous fish can have scales or be naked, jawless fish are naked, and bony fish have scales. Bony fish have swim bladders, and cartilaginous fish do not. Jawless fish, cartilaginous fish, and bony fish all have fins, gills, and dorsal nerve cords that lead to a distinct brain. They all also have postanal tails and notochords.
What class of fish do sharks belong to?
Sharks belong to cartilaginous fish. (Chondrichthyes)
