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What fish has a skeleton made of bone?
Bony fishes.
Which type of fish has a skeleton made of hard bone?
goldfishes
What is the skeleton of a jaw less fish made of?
Yes, jawless fish have skeletons, but their skeletons are not made up of bone. Instead, their skeletons are cartilaginous, meaning their skeletons are made up of cartilage.
Does a bony fish have a skeleton of bone?
yes
Are bony fish extinct?
No bony fish are not extinct. Bony fish are fish with a bone skeleton unlike Cartilaginous fish which heave a cartilage skeleton and jawless fish which don't have a skeleton. -Erin 11
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.
Fish with skeletons not made of bone?
These are generally called "cartilaginous fish." Their skeleton is made of cartilage (that firm but wiggly structure inside your earlobe and nose) instead of bone. Examples include sharks and sting rays.
Which fishes has a skeleton made of hard bone?
The taxonomic classification of fish that have hard, bony skeletons is teleosts.
Are rays bone fish?
No they are cartilaginous fish, meaning that they have cartilage instead of bones for their skeleton.
How many bones does an angelfish have?
Most "regular" fish, such as the angelfish, have a skeleton made of bone (class osteichthyes, I think). Fish such as sharks, skates, and rays have a skeleton made of cartilage (class chondrichthyes). Even bony fish, though, such as your angelfish, have some cartilage for flexibility. I believe that the baby bony fish, like a human fetus, has pure cartilage until the bone forms. DL
What is your skeleton made of when you are a baby?
bone
What is Bony Fishes?
A bony fish is a fish that has a skeleton made of bone, with less cartilage than a cartilaginous fish. All bony fish can breathe both salt and fresh water. A good example of that is the Pacific salmon.
