Sharks are a type of cartilaginous fish, that is their skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone. They belong to the vertebrate subphylum of chondrichthyes.
Sharks are a type of cartilaginous fish, that is their skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone. They belong to the vertebrate subphylum of chondrichthyes.
Sharks are a type of cartilaginous fish, that is their skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone. They belong to the vertebrate subphylum of chondrichthyes.
The only fish that do belong to the group are sharks, rays and chimaeras. All others do not.
Sharks are a type of cartilaginous fish, that is their skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone. They belong to the vertebrate subphylum of chondrichthyes.
The only fish that do belong to the group are sharks, rays and chimaeras. All others do not.
Sharks belong to cartilaginous fish. (Chondrichthyes)
Sharks are a group of fish with a skeleton of cartilage instead of bone. There are over 470 species of shark ranging from the dwarf lanternshark (6.7 inches long) to the whale shark (39 feet long). Their phylum is Chordata (having a backbone), and class is Chondrichthyes (cartilage skeleton).
Sharks are vertebrates (they belong to the phylum Cordata), so they have a spinal chord. However they are also cartilaginous fishes (they belong the the class Chondrichthyes) meaning that their skeleton is made of cartilage instead of bone. They do have a cartilage sheath that surrounds their spinal chord which could be considered a spine. There could be a semantic debate over whether that constitutes a spine, but I for one think it does.
Sharks belong to the vertebrate group known as Fish. Specifically, they belong to the vertebrate group known as Chondrichthyes - all sharks and rays - which have skeletons of cartilage rather than bone.
Chondrichthyes
A great white shark, at least I think you're referring to a shark, is a fish. It is of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes, Genus Species Carcharadon carcharias.