Taxa

Chondrichthyes

Class

The cartilaginous fish: fish whose skeleton is built from cartilage rather than bone, a trait shared with their evolutionary ancestors rather than a later simplification. Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates and the deep-sea chimaeras, and its members have existed largely unchanged in basic body plan for hundreds of millions of years.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

1200 2

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Class 2

Scientific Name

Chondrichthyes 2

Era First Appeared

Ordovician 3

Classification

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Chordata

Source Catalogue of Life

Parent Taxon Of

Basking Shark

Source Wikidata: Basking Shark

Blackish stingray

Source Blackish stingray (Wikipedia)

Blackmouth catshark

Source Blackmouth catshark (Wikidata)

Blind shark

Source Blind shark (Wikidata)

Blue Shark

Source Blue Shark (Wikidata)

Chimaera Monstrosa

Source Rabbit fish (Wikidata)

Epaulette Shark

Source Epaulette Shark (Wikidata)

Estuary stingray

Source Estuary stingray (Wikipedia)

Frilled Shark

Source Frilled Shark (Wikidata)

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Source Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Wikipedia)

Great Hammerhead

Source Wikidata: Great Hammerhead

Great White Shark

Source Great White Shark (Wikidata)

Gulf torpedo

Source Gulf torpedo (Wikidata)

Hammerhead Shark

Source Wikidata: Hammerhead Shark

Hemiscyllium galei

Source Hemiscyllium galei (Wikidata)

Japanese sawshark

Source Japanese sawshark (Wikidata)

Nurse Shark

Source Wikidata: Nurse Shark

Nursehound

Source Nursehound (Wikidata)

Pacific Angelshark

Source Pacific Angelshark (Wikidata)

Prickly shark

Source Prickly shark (Wikidata)

Pristiophorus nancyae

Source Pristiophorus nancyae (Wikidata)

Scalloped Hammerhead

Source Wikidata: Scalloped Hammerhead

Shortfin Mako Shark

Source Wikidata: Shortfin Mako Shark

Shortnose sawshark

Source Shortnose sawshark (Wikipedia)

Short-tail nurse shark

Source Short-tail nurse shark (Wikipedia)

Short-tail Stingray

Source Wikidata: Short-tail Stingray

Sixgill sawshark

Source Sixgill sawshark (Wikidata)

Small-spotted catshark

Source Small-spotted catshark (Wikidata)

Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

Source Smalltooth sawfish (Wikidata)

Speckled carpetshark

Source FishBase: Hemiscyllium trispeculare, Speckled carpetshark

Stingray

Source Wikidata: Stingray

Tasselled wobbegong

Source Tasselled wobbegong (Wikidata)

Whale Shark

Source Wikidata: Whale Shark

Zebra Shark

Source Wikidata: Zebra Shark

Sources

1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)

Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25371, descriptionView the Source

2. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Taxonomic Rank: Class
Scientific Name: Chondrichthyes
Member Species/Taxa Count: 1200

View the Source

3. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Chondrichthyes

Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)

Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)

"taxon_name": "Chondrichthyes" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 469.4 ... "early_interval": "Darriwilian"

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Wikidata: Chondrichthyes

Wikidata Q25371, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Giant Oceanic Manta Ray, Wikipedia infobox, Giant oceanic manta ray, scientific classification table

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Giant Oceanic Manta Ray, Wikipedia infobox, Giant oceanic manta ray, scientific classification table

Class: Chondrichthyes

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Wikidata: Stingray

Parent Taxon Of: Stingray, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Great Hammerhead

Parent Taxon Of: Great Hammerhead, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Great White Shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Great White Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Whale Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Whale Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Basking Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Basking Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Shortfin Mako Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Shortfin Mako Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Nurse Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Nurse Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Frilled Shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Frilled Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Scalloped Hammerhead

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Scalloped Hammerhead, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Smalltooth sawfish (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata), Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Zebra Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Zebra Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Blue Shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Blue Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Rabbit fish (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Chimaera Monstrosa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Small-spotted catshark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Small-spotted catshark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Nursehound (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Nursehound, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Blackmouth catshark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Blackmouth catshark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Japanese sawshark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Japanese sawshark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Tasselled wobbegong (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Tasselled wobbegong, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Blind shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Blind shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Pristiophorus nancyae (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Pristiophorus nancyae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Epaulette Shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Epaulette Shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Sixgill sawshark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Sixgill sawshark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Hemiscyllium galei (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Hemiscyllium galei, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Short-tail Stingray

Parent Taxon Of: Short-tail Stingray, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Prickly shark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Prickly shark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Gulf torpedo (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Gulf torpedo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Pacific Angelshark (Wikidata)

WikidataParent Taxon Of: Pacific Angelshark, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Wikidata: Hammerhead Shark

Parent Taxon Of: Hammerhead Shark, Wikidata P171View the Source

Estuary stingray (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Estuary stingray, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Estuary stingray, Lead

is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.

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Blackish stingray (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Blackish stingray, Lead, class

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Blackish stingray, Lead, class

The blackish stingray (Hemitrygon navarrae) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of mainland China and Taiwan.

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FishBase: Hemiscyllium trispeculare, Speckled carpetshark

FishBaseParent Taxon Of: Speckled carpetshark, Classification / Names

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Speckled carpetshark, Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)

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Short-tail nurse shark (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Short-tail nurse shark, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Short-tail nurse shark, Lead

is an orectolobiform shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae

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Shortnose sawshark (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Shortnose sawshark, Lead, class

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Shortnose sawshark, Lead, class

The shortnose sawshark, (Pristiophorus nudipinnis) or southern sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae.

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Chondrichthyes (Wikipedia)

In Group: Vertebrate Classes, Lead

Quote, In Group: Vertebrate Classes, Lead

Chondrichthyes (; from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros) 'cartilage' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) 'fish') is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.

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