Question

What type of consumers are Chondrichthyes?

Answer 1

Consumers:

1. These are organisms that eat other animals as their food.
2. They extract their food directly or indirectly from the producers like green plants.
3. These are of three types- primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.

Top Carnivores ( quarternary consumers):

1. Chondrichthyes include fishes like sharks, skates, rays, etc.
2. These animals are considered top carnivores, i.e. these animals are not killed or eaten by any other animals.
3. Top Carnivores (quarternary consumers) are a type of consumer that feeds upon secondary consumers like- large fishes in an aquatic ecosystem.
4. Thus, Chondrichthyes are carnivores/ tertiary consumers.