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A cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) has

a skeleton made of soft, flexible cartilage. Examples

include; Sharks, Skates, Rays, Dogfish

Characteristics

 Their skin is tough and shinny

 They have gills slits instead of gill cover.

 They have mostly cartilage instead of bones in their skele-

tons

 They do not have swim bladder.

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