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All Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras

This group gathers Fish subcategory members belonging to the cartilaginous fishes, class Chondrichthyes, whose skeleton is built of cartilage rather than bone, setting them apart from every other fish in this subcategory. It spans the sharks, from the enormous filter-feeding whale shark and basking shark to active hunters such as the great white, tiger and bull sharks and the hammerheads, the sawsharks and their superficially similar but unrelated sawfish cousins among the rays, the stingrays, eagle rays and the giant oceanic manta ray, and the chimaeras, an ancient, deep-sea-dwelling cartilaginous lineage that split from the sharks and rays hundreds of millions of years ago. Nearly every member reproduces by internal fertilization, unusual among fish, and several groups within it, the hammerheads and the great white among them, are apex predators found in every ocean.

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Oviparous (Egg-Laying) 2
All Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras
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Argentine angelshark

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Basking Shark

Fish

Blackmouth catshark

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Blacktip Reef Shark

Fish

Blacktip shark

Fish

Blind shark

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Blue Shark

Fish

Brownbanded bamboo shark

Fish

Bull Shark

Fish

Burmese bamboo shark

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Chimaera Monstrosa

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Epaulette Shark

Fish

Frilled Shark

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Galapagos shark

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Giant Freshwater Stingray (Urogymnus polylepis)

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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

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Graceful shark

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Great Hammerhead

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Great White Shark

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Grey bamboo shark

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Gulf torpedo

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Hammerhead Shark

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Hemiscyllium galei

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Japanese angelshark

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Japanese sawshark

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Nurse Shark

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Nursehound

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Pacific Angelshark

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Pale-edged stingray

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Prickly shark

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Pristiophorus nancyae

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Sawback angelshark

Fish

Scalloped Hammerhead

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Shortfin Mako Shark

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Short-tail Stingray

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Sixgill sawshark

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Small-spotted catshark

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Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

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Stingray

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Taiwan angelshark

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Tasselled wobbegong

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Tiger Shark

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Whale Shark

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Whitespotted bamboo shark

Fish

Zebra Shark

Fish
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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, group 516664
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kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species
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2. Wikipedia: Fish
WikipediaFish, Reproduction and life-cycle section, group 516664
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Over 97% of fish, including salmon and goldfish, are oviparous, meaning that the eggs are shed into the water and develop outside the mother's body.
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Megamouth shark (Wikipedia)
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is a species of deepwater shark
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Estuary stingray (Wikipedia)
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The estuary stingray (Hemitrygon fluviorum), also called the estuary stingaree or brown stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.
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Blackish stingray (Wikipedia)
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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
FishBaseHas Member: Speckled carpetshark, Classification / Names
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
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Short-tail nurse shark (Wikipedia)
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is an orectolobiform shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae
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Squatiniformes (Wikipedia)
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Squatiniformes is an order of sharks
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FishBase: Squatina tergocellatoides, Ocellated angelshark (FishBase)
FishBaseHas Member: Ocellated angelshark, Classification
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squatiniformes (Angel sharks)
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Arabian carpetshark (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Arabian carpetshark, Lead
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is a species of carpet shark
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Chilean angelshark (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Chilean angelshark, Lead
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is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae
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Slender bamboo shark (Wikipedia)
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is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae
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Angular angelshark (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Angular angelshark, Lead
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is a species of shark in the Squantinidae family
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Eastern angelshark (Wikipedia)
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The eastern angelshark (Squatina albipunctata) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae.
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Indonesian angelshark (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Indonesian angelshark, Lead
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is a rare species of angelshark, family Squatinidae
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Daisy stingray (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Daisy stingray, Lead
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is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae
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Clouded angelshark (Wikipedia)
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is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found in the northwest Pacific from the southeastern Sea of Japan to Taiwan
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Brazilian large-eyed stingray (Wikipedia)
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The Brazilian large-eyed stingray, Hypanus marianae, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae.
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Pink lanternshark (Wikipedia)
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The pink lanternshark (Etmopterus dianthus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around Australia and New Caledonia, at depths of between 108 and 880 m.
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African angelshark (Wikipedia)
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The African angelshark (Squatina africana) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae.
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Shortnose sawshark (Wikipedia)
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The shortnose sawshark, (Pristiophorus nudipinnis) or southern sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae.
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Hemiscyllium henryi (Wikipedia)
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is a species of bamboo shark in the genus Hemiscyllium
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Ornate angelshark (Wikipedia)
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is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae
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Leopard epaulette shark (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Leopard epaulette shark, Lead
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is a species of bamboo shark in the genus Hemiscyllium
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