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.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
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Source Wikidata: Basking Shark
Source Blackmouth catshark (Wikidata)
Source Blind shark (Wikidata)
Source Blue Shark (Wikidata)
Source Rabbit fish (Wikidata)
Source Epaulette Shark (Wikidata)
Source Frilled Shark (Wikidata)
Source Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Great Hammerhead
Source Great White Shark (Wikidata)
Source Gulf torpedo (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Hammerhead Shark
Source Hemiscyllium galei (Wikidata)
Source Japanese sawshark (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Nurse Shark
Source Nursehound (Wikidata)
Source Pacific Angelshark (Wikidata)
Source Prickly shark (Wikidata)
Source Pristiophorus nancyae (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Scalloped Hammerhead
Source Wikidata: Shortfin Mako Shark
Source Wikidata: Short-tail Stingray
Source Sixgill sawshark (Wikidata)
Source Small-spotted catshark (Wikidata)
Source Smalltooth sawfish (Wikidata)
Source Tasselled wobbegong (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Whale Shark
Source Wikidata: Zebra Shark
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25371, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Chondrichthyes
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Giant Oceanic Manta Ray, Wikipedia infobox, Giant oceanic manta ray, scientific classification tableQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Giant Oceanic Manta Ray, Wikipedia infobox, Giant oceanic manta ray, scientific classification table
Class: Chondrichthyes
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
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