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Chondrostei is a
subclass of non-neopterygian ray-finned fish.
While the term
originally referred to the
paraphyletic grouping of all non-neopterygian...
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scales are
added in
concentric layers as the fish grows.
Teleosts and
chondrosteans (sturgeons and paddlefish) also
differ from the
bichirs and holosteans...
- however, such as
lepidotrichs lost in tetrapods, and bone lost
among the
chondrostean fishes.
Lungs have been
retained in
dipnoi (lungfish), and many tetrapods...
- The
chondrostean kidney is an
important hemopoietic organ;
where erythrocytes, granulocytes,
lymphocytes and
macrophages develop. Like
chondrostean fish...
- the
chondrosteans (sturgeon, paddlefish,
bichir and reedfish) is the
cartilaginous nature of
their skeletons. The
ancestors of the
chondrosteans are thought...
- Threskiornithidae.
Spoonbill may also
refer to:
American Paddlefish, a
primitive Chondrostean ray-finned fish
colloquially known as
spoonbills USS
Spoonbill (MSC-202)...
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presence of a
paired vomer.
Holosteans are
closer to
teleosts than are the
chondrosteans, the
other group intermediate between teleosts and
cartilaginous fish...
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chondrostean kidney is an
important hemopoietic organ; it is
where erythrocytes, granulocytes,
lymphocytes and
macrophages develop. Like
chondrostean...
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Stichopterus is an
extinct genus of
chondrostean ray-finned fish that
lived during the
Early Cretaceous epoch in Asia. It has been
found in
Russia (Murtoi...
- paddlefish,
bichirs and reed fish
compose the thirty-eight
species of
chondrosteans, and are
considered relict species.
Included in the over 23,000 species...
