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Are cartilaginous fish small?
shark, skate, or ray are the examples of cartilaginous fish, so usually members of this category are LARGE!
Why are x ray fish called x ray fish?
x-ray fish are called x-ray fish because you can see through them
What are facts about spotted eagle rays?
Why did you put this subject under endangered species, eagles? First thing the spotted eagle ray is, in fact a cartilaginous fish and is called the spotted eagle ray because of its shape and the white spots on its back.
What is the difference bony fish and cartilaginous and jawless fish?
Ray-finned fish have "true" bone skeletons, where as the cartlaginous fish have...cartilage instead of bone as their skeletons.
Why are x-ray fish called x-ray fish?
Because it's nearly transparent.
What is the symbiotic relationships between a lamprey and salmon?
Sharks and lampreys are both types of fish that have cartilaginous skeletons rather than bony skeletons, which is a category officially known as the elasmobranchs. Bony fish in comparison are called teleosts.
What is a baby x ray fish called?
all baby fish are called fry
What is a star fish arm called?
It is called a Ray.
The ray-finned fishes are characterized by?
bony endoskeleton, swim bladder and operculi
Is the blob fish cartilaginous?
No, the blobfish is in the group of fishes known as the bony fish (superclass Osteichthyes), in the class Actinopterygii, known as the ray fish. The other class in that superclass is the class of lobe fined fishes, Sarcopterygii. The cartilaginous fishes are in the class Chondrychthyes, which diverged from the bony fish over 500 million years ago, according to S. Blair Hedges in the online book The Timetree of Life (edited by S. Blair Hedges and Dudhir Kumar).
Why is a goldfish called a ray finned fish?
Ray finned fish have webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines. These spines are called rays. Goldfish have these types of fins.
What is a group of x-ray fish called?
a school of x-rayfish
