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Holocephali ("complete heads"),
sometimes given the name Euchondrocephali, is a
subclass of
cartilaginous fish in the
class Chondrichthyes. The earliest...
- two subclasses:
Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays,
skates and sawfish) and
Holocephali (chimaeras,
sometimes called ghost sharks,
which are
sometimes separated...
- incubation. In some classifications, the
chimaeras are
included (as
subclass Holocephali) in the
class Chondrichthyes of
cartilaginous fishes; in
other systems...
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chondrichthyans more
closely related to
modern sharks and rays than to
Holocephali (the
clade containing chimaeras and
their extinct relatives). Important...
- The
following is the full list of the
extant species in
class Chondrichthyes, or the
cartilaginous fish.
Members of this
class have a backbone, gills,...
- horn
sharks (Heterodontidae), some rays (Myliobatidae) and
chimeras (
Holocephali)
exhibit durophagous behaviour. They have
adaptations to
allow for this...
- (cartilaginous fish)
Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and
extinct relatives)
class Placodermi (armoured fish) †...
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Holocephali Elasmobranchii...
- (2011). "Chimaera
opalescens n. sp., a new
chimaeroid (Chondrichthyes:
Holocephali) from the north-eastern
Atlantic Ocean".
Journal of Fish Biology. 79...
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either fused to the
skull or reduced. Now
determined to be
within the
Holocephali,
their closest living relatives are chimaeras. The
eugeneodonts are named...
