what are chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes (/kÉnËdrÉªkÎ¸É¨.iËz/ ; from Greek ÏÎ¿Î½Î´Ï- chondr- 'cartilage', á¼°ÏÎ¸ÏÏ ichthys 'fish') is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone.he skeleton is cartilaginous. The notochord, which is present in the young, is gradually replaced by cartilage. Chondrichthyes also lack ribs, so if they leave water, the larger species' own body weight would crush their internal organs long before they would suffocate.