Elasmobranchii
Of class and Chondrichthyes. May also be referred to as Selachii, subclass Elasmobranchii and subclass Selachii.
Sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates.
This concept's ID is @1~7437
Fish Family
- Carcharhinidae
Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal...
- Lamnidae
Oceanic sharks.
- Triakidae
Small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins.
- Orectolobidae
Nurse sharks and carpet sharks.
- Squalidae
Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin.
- Hexanchidae
Primitive sharks.
- Alopiidae
Thresher sharks.
- Carchariidae
Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae.
- Rhincodontidae
Small-toothed sharks comprising only one species.
- Scyliorhinidae
Small bottom-dwelling sharks.
- Sphyrnidae
Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.
- Squatinidae
Bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks.
- Cetorhinidae
In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks.
Animal Order
- Rajiformes
Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; saw...
- Torpediniformes
Rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes.
Also contains
- elasmobranch
Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous...