Tuesday, May 21, 2013

What are cartilaginous fish?

1. What makes cartilaginous fish different from other fish? Give example: 

they have skeletons made of cartilage 

2. List examples of cartilaginous fish from  other fish? 

Skeleton, eyelid, heart and blood, external, features, buoyancy, digestion and evacuation osmoregulation, life history, reproduction, diversity patterns 

3. What's special about a sharks eye? 

Sharks have a third eyelid called mic rating membrane. 

4. What are the difference between bony fish and cartilaginous fish? 

A. Heart and blood 
Bony fishes 4th compartment of the heart is made of non-contractile smooth muscle and elastic fibers. 
  
B. external feature 

Bony fishes have an internal organ know as the swim bladder that keeps them active natural buoyancy by exchanging gasses with blood vessels. 

C. Digestion and evacuation 

Bony fishes have two separate openings a rectum and a mouth. 


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