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Elasmobranch Quiz
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    Key Vocabulary Terms:

    Review the key vocabulary terms below in order to answer the following questions and unlock our favorite photos!

    • Predator: an animal that naturally preys on others.

    • Elasmobranch: a subclass of cartilaginous fish, include sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish

    • Chondrichthyes: the taxonomic Class containing cartilaginous fishes; divided into two subclasses – Elasmobranchii and Holocephali

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    Elasmobranchii is the subclass of the taxonomic class called Chondrichthyes which consists of two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, skates, rays) and Holocephali (chimaeras).
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    Ctenoid scales are characteristics of bony fishes - fishes that have a skeleton made of bone. (Image credit: Enya deFeijter)
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    Although flounder species may swim similar to a stingray or skate, they have a skeleton make of bone and are classified under the taxonomic class Actinopterygii. (Image credit NOAA Fisheries)
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    Although the lateral line system is another sensory system used by sharks, the lateral line system does not pick up electrical signals like the Ampullae of Lorenzini. (Image credit: NOAA Teacher at Sea Blog by Stephen Kade)
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    Although the species Megalodon would have been bigger than the current species of whale shark, Megalodon is an extinct species that does not live in our oceans today. (Image credit: NOAA NEFSC)
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