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    Sharks

    Sharks are fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and sleek, streamlined body, a shark can range in size from the two-foot pygmy shark to the colossal 50-foot whale shark. Sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.

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