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Cartilaginous Fishes - Class Chondrichthyes

Cartilaginous fishes (Class Chondrichthyes) are a group of jawed fishes that includes sharks, rays, skates, and chimaera. Cartilaginous fishes have a two-chambered heart, scales, paired fins and nostrils, and all breath using gills.
Great White Shark Returns to the Wild
The Monterey Bay Aquarium placed a young female great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on display in captivity after it had been accidentally captured in a commercial halibut gillnet off the coast of southern California in September 2004.
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
The Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the 'White Shark' or 'White Pointer', is a powerful swimmer and efficient predator that inhabits temperate and subtropical regions of the world's oceans.
Great White Shark Traverses Indian Ocean
A satellite tracking study conducted by marine biologist Ramon Bonfil has for the first time revealed a transoceanic journey of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from South Africa to Australia and back.

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