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Chondrichthyes + Chimaeras

The document discusses the class Chondrichthyes. It belongs to the subphylum Vertebrata, within the phylum Chordata. Chondrichthyes includes cartilaginous fish and has 575 living species. They have paired fins and nostrils, three pairs of semicircular canals, and internal gills protected by gill arches connected to the cranium. Their scales, if present, are placoid like teeth.

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Chondrichthyes + Chimaeras

The document discusses the class Chondrichthyes. It belongs to the subphylum Vertebrata, within the phylum Chordata. Chondrichthyes includes cartilaginous fish and has 575 living species. They have paired fins and nostrils, three pairs of semicircular canals, and internal gills protected by gill arches connected to the cranium. Their scales, if present, are placoid like teeth.

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Kingdom

Animalia
Phylum

Multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic With notochord, hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyneal gill slits, postanal tail With vertebral column With jaws, teeth, paired appendages, semicircular canal

Chordata
Subphylum

Vertebrata
Infraphylum

Gnathostomata
Class

Chondrichthyes

Class Chondrichthyes
Wholly cartilaginous fish (living forms) 575 species Paired fins and nostrils 3 pairs of semicircular canals (horizontal, posterior, superior) Gill arches internal to gills; joined by connective tissue to cranium Scales (if present) are dermal and placoid (homologous with vertebrate teeth!)

Bramble shark Echinorhinus brucus

Pacific Longnose chimaera

Class

Chondrichthyes
Subclass Subclass

Holocephali

Elasmobranch ii

Order

Order

Order

Chimaeriform es chimaeras

Squaliformes
- sharks

Rajiformes
- rays, skates, sawfishes

Order Chimaeriformes
Temperate, marine, deepwater Large heads, tapering bodies Gills in 4 pairs, concealed under a single gill per side Spiracle and cloaca absent Caudal fins replaced by tapering tails Large dorsal fin Main organs of locomotion: large pectoral fins Small mouth, with grinding plates Feed on hard-shelled invertebrates like clams Sensory pores arranged laterally Frontal clasper in males for internal fertilization of females

Paddlenose chimaera Rhinochimaera africana

Spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei

Elephantfish Callorhinchus callorynchus

Rabbit fish Chimaera monstrosa Dark ghost shark Hydrolagus novaezealandiae

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