Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes - schools.misd.orgschools.misd.org/upload/template/5319/Class Agnatha.pdf · Sharks Class Chondrichthyes gill slits instead of operculum

Class Chondrichthyes

Cartilaginous fishesMarine Fishes

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Phylum Chordata

Subphylum Vertebrata

Cartilaginous fishes

Sharks, skates, rays, ratfishes

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Endoskeleton of cartilage

Ventral mouth w/ movable jaws

Well developed teeth

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Paired lateral (pectoral fins)

Placoid scales (pointed backward tip)

Claspers (males)

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Sharks


gill slits instead of operculum

Rows of teeth in constant motion

Huge size variation

Size decrease due to overhunting

All regions/all depths

Some may even be freshwater/brackish

Slow growth

Slow reproductive cycle

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Rays and Skates


Mostly benthic

Dorsoventrally flattened bodies

Gills slits underside of body

Pectoral fins expanded

Venom stinger at base of tail (rays)

Some electric

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Ray and Skate Species

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Rays and Skates


Skates oviparous

Rays ovoviviparous

Skates more rounded

Do not have whiplike tail/venom

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Ratfishes


One pair gill slits covered by skin

Mostly deepwater

Feed on mollusks/crustaceans

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