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pointwise characteristics of shark​

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Answered by krithi05
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Answer:

--Sharks are heavy fishes possessing neither lungs nor swim bladders.

--Their skeleton is made up of cartilage rather than bone.

--Most sharks keep moving to breathe and to stay afloat.

--They have pointed snouts.

--They have gills to breathe as a respiratory organ.

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Answered by Nereida
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Answer:

Shark :

  • Shark is called Scolidon sorrakowah in scientific language.
  • Kingdom : Animalia
  • Phylum : Chordata
  • Subphylum : Vertebrata
  • Class : Chondrochthyes
  • Genus : Scolidon
  • Species : sorrakowah

Some important characteristics :

  • They are widely found in marine water.
  • They attack their prey with the help of their powerful jaws.
  • The body is long, laterally compresses, spindle shaped and tapered at the end.
  • The body canbe distinguished into head, tail and trunk.
  • The ventral surface colour is pale and the lateral and dorsal surface colour is dark grey.
  • The skin is covered with exoskeleton of placoid and dermal scales.
  • The head is dorsoventrally flattened.
  • The head had a large pair of circular eyes at the sides and a mouth ventrally crescentic.
  • 5 pairs of gill slits present behind the eyes.
  • Between the pelvic fins, a cloacal aperture is present.
  • Male sharks have pair of claspers.
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