| Chondrichthyes have a skeleton made of cartilage. | ||||
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| Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Fast swimmers with acute senses, sharks have paired pectoral and pelvic fins. | Southern stingrays (Dasyatis americana) are bottom-dwellers that crush molluscs and crustaceans. Manta rays cruise in open water and scoop food into their gaping mouth. | Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) feed on shrimps, molluscs, and sea urchins. Some species have a poisonous spine at the front of their dorsal fin. | ||