a. Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes
b. Urochordata and cephalochordate
1.Chondrichthyes
●mainly marine and their body is streamlined.
●cartilaginous endoskeleton.
●Examples are scoliosis and Trygon
2.Osteichthyes
● both marines as well as freshwater
●streamlined body.
●the endoskeleton is bony.
●Examples are •Marine-Hippocampus (Sea horse),
• Freshwater: Labeo (Rohu), •Aquarium: Betta (Fighting fish)
b) Urochordata and cephalochordate
●In urochordates, notochord is present only in the larval tail
●But in cephalochordates, notochord extends from head to tail region and is persistent throughout the life span .
●Examples – Urochordates-Ascidia, Salpa, Cephalochordates: Branchiostoma