cartilaginous fish
noun
: any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (such as a shark, ray, or chimaera) having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage compare bony fish, jawless fish
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During this voyage, a large number of interesting cartilaginous fish species were found.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Stipulates that these young cartilaginous fish must continue to utilize the area for extended periods, specifically over two weeks.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Rays, of which stingrays are one subgroup, are a type of cartilaginous fish called batoids that inhabit both freshwater and marine habitats throughout the world.
—Jeanne Timmons, Scientific American, 19 July 2024
By the turn of the century, asexual reproduction had been documented in nearly every branch of vertebrates, with the exception of mammals (which most biologists had written off, for reasons explained below) and cartilaginous fish.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
However, sharks and other elasmobranchs—a group of cartilaginous fish including rays, skates and sawfish—are very sensitive to electric fields.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Kerby also encountered chimaeras, or ghost sharks, primitive cartilaginous fish with big heads, pointy snouts, fins like airplane wings, long trailing tails and shiny silver-dollar eyes.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Scientists still don’t know why camelids and cartilaginous fishes, like sharks, are the only animals known to make heavy chain antibodies.
—Christina Szalinski, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Also present is Shenacanthus vermiformis, a cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays, but with armor plates resembling those of unrelated placoderms — a find that suggests early sharklike species retained the armor-plates present in earlier branches of the fish family tree.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Stipulates that these young cartilaginous fish must continue to utilize the area for extended periods, specifically over two weeks.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Rays, of which stingrays are one subgroup, are a type of cartilaginous fish called batoids that inhabit both freshwater and marine habitats throughout the world.
—Jeanne Timmons, Scientific American, 19 July 2024
By the turn of the century, asexual reproduction had been documented in nearly every branch of vertebrates, with the exception of mammals (which most biologists had written off, for reasons explained below) and cartilaginous fish.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
However, sharks and other elasmobranchs—a group of cartilaginous fish including rays, skates and sawfish—are very sensitive to electric fields.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Kerby also encountered chimaeras, or ghost sharks, primitive cartilaginous fish with big heads, pointy snouts, fins like airplane wings, long trailing tails and shiny silver-dollar eyes.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Scientists still don’t know why camelids and cartilaginous fishes, like sharks, are the only animals known to make heavy chain antibodies.
—Christina Szalinski, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Also present is Shenacanthus vermiformis, a cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays, but with armor plates resembling those of unrelated placoderms — a find that suggests early sharklike species retained the armor-plates present in earlier branches of the fish family tree.
—Asher Elbein, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
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