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Tiger shark
An adult tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) gliding gracefully with a remora fish.
list of sharks, skates, and rays
Chondrichthyans (class Chondrichthyes) are a diverse group of cartilaginous fishes that include sharks, skates, and rays (subclass Elasmobranchii) as well as chimaeras and their relatives. Found in oceans around the world, they comprise more than 400 species of sharks and about 500 species of rays. Together with the osteichthyans, or bony fishes, they form one of the two major groups of living fishes. The following is a list of sharks, skates, rays, and relatives grouped by taxonomic order and ordered alphabetically. (See also fish.)
sharks, skates, and rays (subclass Elasmobranchii)
- angel sharks (order Squatiniformes)
- bullhead sharks (order Heterodontiformes)
- carpet sharks (order Orectolobiformes)
- nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae)
- whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
- cow sharks (order Hexanchiformes)
- dogfish (order Squaliformes)
- pocket shark (genus Mollisquama)
- family Squalidae
- dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni)
- Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
- electric rays (order Torpediniformes)
- ground sharks (order Carcharhiniformes)
- carcharhinid (family Carcharhinidae)
- blue shark (Prionace glauca)
- Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
- tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- hammerhead shark (family Sphyrnidae)
- thresher shark (family Alopiidae)
- family Triakidae
- leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
- soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
- guitarfishes (order Rhinobatiformes)
- mackerel sharks (order Lamniformes)
- basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
- cat shark (family Scyliorhinidae)
- goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
- family Lamnidae
- mako shark (genus Isurus)
- white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
- sand shark (genera Carcharias and Odontaspis)
- saw sharks (order Pristiophoriformes)
- sawfishes (order Pristiformes)
- sting rays (order Myliobatiformes)
- butterfly ray (family Gymnuridae)
- manta ray (family Mobulidae)
- wedgefishes (order Rhiniformes)
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