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Because they eat other living organisms, which is an animal charcteristic, and they have a vertabrae, also an animal charateristic, and they have many cells with a nucleaus and organelles, another animal charcteristic, and they move, which is yet another charcteristic almost all animals share.
They are not minerals or plants. The three classifications are plants, animals or minerals. So they fall under animals.
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∙ 7y agoSharks are classified as fish, cartilagenous fish.
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∙ 16y agoA shark is a type of fish. So it is a vertebrate, under the fish catigory.
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∙ 13y agoA shark is a type of fish and it is also a vertebrate.
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∙ 9y agoSharks are classified as Selachimorpha. They are sister groups to the ray family. There are over 470 different types of sharks.
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∙ 14y agoClass: Condrichthyes
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∙ 15y agocartiligenous fish
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Sharks are members of what class?
Endangered. The great white shark is a "mackerel shark", allied to the porbeagle, and long finned and short finned mako sharks. The species is considered "Vulnerable", by the IUCN. Recently, numbers have shown an upswing, as more sharks than expected have been counted in South African, and waters off the coast of North America.
What is the classification of a Banjo shark?
A banjo shark belongs to the Chondrichthyes class of sharks. It is often called a fiddler ray or guitarfish as well.
Do sharks have backbones are sharks vertebrates or invertebrates what do sharks have in their back how do sharks bend their tail so bendly how are they so flexible with their tail are they cute?
Sharks do have backbones, making them vertebrates. Their skeletons are made mostly of cartilage and not actual bone, being of a more ancient classification of fish in evolutionary terms. Whether something is cute or not is subjective, however sharks aren't exactly an animal that have the head/body porportions similar to what humans usually see as cute, they don't look neotonous (like babies).
Lampreys and hagfishes are examples of what kind of fishes members of the class Agnatha?
Bony fishHag fishLamprey(both of these are known as the jawless fish)Sharks and rays(both of these are known as cartilaginous fish)Lob-finned fishThis is a very simplified classification of something that is very complex. To see the full tree, try WikiSpieces.
What other animals are in class chondrichthyes?
Chondrichyhyes is the animal class that includes cartilaginous fishes like sharks, rays and chimeras.
What is the higher classification of bull sharks?
The higher classification of bull sharks is Carcharinus. Lower and higher classifications are used to designate classes and sub-species of different species.
What classification division is the hammer head shark in?
Sharks, fish
Which level of taxonimic classification do thresher sharks and great white sharks not have in common a.kingdom b.genus c.order d.phylum....?
b.genus
What is a shark's kingdom?
Sharks are members of the kingdom Animalia.
Do sharks suckle?
No. Sharks are fish, and fish do not suckle. The only members of the animal kingdom that suckle their young are mammals.
What is the scientific classification of tiger sharks?
Galeocerdo cuvier is the scientific name for a tiger shark. Their classification goes as..kingdom: Animaliaphylum: chordataclass: chondrichthyessubclass: Elasmobranchiiorder: Carcharhiniformesfamily: Carcharhinidaegenus: Galeocerdospecies: cuvier
Are sharks and rays examples of what kind of fishes members of the class Chondrichthyes?
They are members of cartilaginous class of fish.
What Sharks and rays are examples of what kind of fishes members of the class Chondrichthyes?
They are members of cartilaginous class of fish.
Which classification of marine organisms includes swordfish and shark?
Sharks and swordfish are both in the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, and Infraphylum Gnathostomata. Within the Infraphylum Gnathostomata, sharks and swordfish are in different classes: Chondrichthyes for sharks and Osteichthyes for swordfish.
what classification level would have the most members?
A kingdom
What kind of fishes are sharks and rays members of the class Chondrichthyes?
Cartilaginous fish.
What are the levels of taxonomic classification for great white sharks?
Great white sharks are of the species Carcharodon carcharias.The classifications are:Kingdom - AnimaliaPhylum - ChordataClass - Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)Subclass - ElasmobranchiiSuperorder - SelachimorphaOrder - LamniformesFamily - Lamnidae (mackerel sharks)Genus - CarcharodonSpecies - carcharias
