List of cartilaginous fish

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The following is the full list of the extant species in Class Chondrichthyes, or the cartilaginous fish. Members of this class have a backbone, gills, no swim bladder, jaws, and a skeleton made of cartilage, a soft, strong material as a replacement for bone.

Subclass Holocephali

Order Chimaeriformes

Subclass Elasmobranchii

Superorder Batoidea

Order Torpediniformes

Order Rhinopristiformes

Order Rajiformes

Order Myliobatiformes

Superorder Squalomorphii

Order Hexanchiformes

Order Squaliformes

Order Squatiniformes

Order Pristiophoriformes

Superorder Galeomorphi

Order Heterodontiformes

Order Orectolobiformes

Order Lamniformes

Order Carcharhiniformes

See also

References

  1. ^ Last, P.R.; Séret, B.; Naylor, G.J.P. (2016). "A new species of guitarfish, Rhinobatos borneensis sp. nov. with a redefinition of the family-level classification in the order Rhinopristiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea).". Zootaxa. 4117 (4): 451–475. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.1. PMID 27395187.
  2. ^ Last, P.R.; Weigmann, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". Rays of the World: Supplementary information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection.
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