From which features do condrichthyes and osteichthyes get these names? – InterviewSolution

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1.	From which features do condrichthyes and osteichthyes get these names?
Answer» “Chondros” means cartilage, “ictis” means fish (both from the Greek); the name chondrichtians is for fishes with cartilaginous endoskeleton. The name osteichthyes comes from the existence of a bony endoskeleton in these fishes (“osteo” means bone, from the Greek too).

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