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The 60 pages that link to Chondrichthyes, each with the reason it gives.
SharkNarrower topic: Sharks belong to this broader group of cartilaginous fishes.
Ampullae of LorenziniNarrower topic: The organs occur in this fish group, especially sharks and rays.
Whale sharkNarrower topic: Its skeleton is made primarily of cartilage, the defining trait of this fish class.
Great white sharkNarrower topic: Its cartilaginous skeleton distinguishes the great white from bony fishes.
Manta rayNarrower topic: The manta ray’s lightweight cartilage skeleton places it among sharks and other rays.
ElasmobranchiiNarrower topic: Elasmobranchii is one of the two major living groups within this broader class.
SkateNarrower topic: Skates belong to this vertebrate group, alongside sharks and rays.
Basking sharkNarrower topic: Its skeletal structure reflects the shared body plan of sharks and their relatives.
ChimaeraNarrower topic: This broader fish group provides chimaeras’ evolutionary and anatomical context.
SawfishNarrower topic: Like other rays and sharks, sawfish have a cartilaginous skeleton.
BatoideaNarrower topic: Batoidea is one of the two major living lineages within this class.
Electric rayNarrower topic: Electric rays belong to this broader group of fishes.
John Edward GrayNarrower topic: Gray also classified cartilaginous fishes in his zoological work.
Dermal denticleNarrower topic: Dermal denticles are characteristic of this vertebrate group.
Nurse sharkNarrower topic: Like other sharks, the nurse shark has a cartilaginous skeleton.
Goblin sharkNarrower topic: Like other sharks, the goblin shark has a cartilaginous skeleton.
Greenland sharkNarrower topic: Its shark anatomy belongs to this broader vertebrate group.
GuitarfishNarrower topic: Guitarfishes belong to this class, alongside sharks and other batoids.
WobbegongNarrower topic: Like all sharks, wobbegongs have cartilaginous skeletons.
Spotted ratfishNarrower topic: Its skeleton places the spotted ratfish among sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
Cow sharkNarrower topic: Hexanchids belong to this major vertebrate lineage.
Cownose rayNarrower topic: Its skeletal structure places the cownose ray among sharks, skates, and rays.
Frilled sharkNarrower topic: Its skeleton follows the defining pattern of this vertebrate group.
SawsharkNarrower topic: Sawsharks belong to this broader vertebrate group.
Thresher sharkNarrower topic: Thresher sharks share this defining skeletal trait with rays and other sharks.
WedgefishNarrower topic: Wedgefish share this defining skeletal trait with sharks and other rays.
AngelsharkNarrower topic: Angelsharks share the cartilaginous skeleton characteristic of sharks and rays.
BatomorphiNarrower topic: Batomorphi is one major lineage within this broader group.
Bullhead sharkNarrower topic: This larger group includes bullhead sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
CallorhinchusNarrower topic: Callorhinchus shares this defining skeletal feature with sharks, rays, and other chimaeras.
Fiddler rayNarrower topic: This broader group places fiddler rays among cartilaginous fishes rather than bony fishes.
HelicoprionNarrower topic: Helicoprion belonged to this broad group despite its unusual tooth-bearing anatomy.
HoundsharkNarrower topic: This broader vertebrate group includes sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
HybodontiformesNarrower topic: Hybodontiformes were an extinct lineage within this broader group of cartilaginous fishes.
PotamotrygonidaeNarrower topic: This is the cartilaginous-fish class to which the family belongs.
ScyliorhinidaeNarrower topic: Catsharks share the defining skeletal material of all sharks and their relatives.
StethacanthusNarrower topic: Stethacanthus belongs to this vertebrate group, whose skeletons fossilize differently from bony fish.
Whiptail stingrayNarrower topic: Whiptail stingrays share the flexible skeletal structure characteristic of this group.