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Chondrichthyes

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n.1.the class of fishes comprising the cartilaginous fishes, which includes the sharks.
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Noun1.Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishesChondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes                
class Chondrichthyes
Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
cartilaginous fish, chondrichthian - fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified
Holocephali, subclass Holocephali - chimaeras and extinct forms
Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii, subclass Selachii - sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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Instead, they belong in the class Chondrichthyes, where fish have skeletons made of cartilage (tough, flexible tissue).
Shark-bite science: turn the page to learn about the forces behind ... by O'Hanlon, Larry / Science World
Due to concerns over certain species' status in the wild, these restaurants will also take Chilean sea bass (Dissostichus eleginoides), orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) and shark (Class Chondrichthyes, Subclass Elasmobranchi (part)) off their menus.
Zoos and aquariums help promote sustainable seafood. (News from Zoos) by Endangered Species Update
Class CHONDRICHTHYES Huxley, 1880 Subclass and order incertae sedis ?
New thelodont (Agnatha) and possible chondrichthyan (Gnathostomata) ... by Marss, Tiiu; Wilson, Mark V.H.; Thorsteinsson, Raymond / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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