Chondrichthyes


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Noun1.Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishesChondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes      
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
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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Description of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific.
Through our literature review, we found 572 unique scientific records of individuals displaying leucism among the chordate classes Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia (Fig.
1993, Chondrichthyes. In The Fossil Record 2 (Benton, M.
adentatus represented a transition in evolution from the extinct bony fish group called the acanthodians to the cartilaginous ones called the chondrichthyes that are still around today; it is one of the links that connects the two.
At that time, some other organisms such as sharks (Chondrichthyes) and shellfish (Mollusca) had skeletons made of cartilage and calcium carbonate.
Genetic identification of Carcharhinus sharks from the southwest Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes).
The results from the 2017 IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature) regional red list assessment of 153 species of Chondrichthyes have revealed this alarming trend.
Primer registro del tiburon canabota Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Chondrichthyes: Selachii-morpha) en la costa occidental de Baja California Sur, Mexico.
A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil: the smallest species of Potamotrygon.