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Chondrostei is a
group of non-neopterygian ray-finned fish.
While the term
originally referred to the
paraphyletic grouping of all non-neopterygian ray-finned...
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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...
- the
chondrosteans, the
holosteans are
closer to the
teleosts and
further from sharks: the pair of
spiracles found in
sharks and
chondrosteans is reduced...
- the
chondrosteans (sturgeon, paddlefish,
bichir and reedfish) is the
cartilaginous nature of
their skeletons. The
ancestors of the
chondrosteans are thought...
- encomp**** one myxinid, two petromyzontids, 18 chondrichthyans, two
chondrosteans, and 230 teleosts. In addition, the sea
hosts 37
marine mammal species...
- paddlefish,
bichirs and reed fish
compose the thirty-eight
species of
chondrosteans, and are
considered relict species.
Included in the over 23,000 species...
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There are
three types of ray
finned fishes: the
chondrosteans, holosteans, and teleosts. The
chondrosteans and
holosteans are
among the
earlier fish to evolve...
- however, such as
lepidotrichs lost in tetrapods, and bone lost
among the
chondrostean fishes.
Lungs have been
retained in
dipnoi (lungfish), and many tetrapods...
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chondrostean kidney is an
important hemopoietic organ; it is
where erythrocytes, granulocytes,
lymphocytes and
macrophages develop. Like
chondrostean...
- Threskiornithidae.
Spoonbill may also
refer to:
Spoonbill catfish, a
primitive Chondrostean ray-finned fish USS
Spoonbill (MSC-202), a Bluebird-class
motor minesweeper...
