List of cartilaginous fish

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 Elasmobranchii: Sharks, rays, and skates

Superorder Batoidea: Rays, skates, and sawfish

Order Myliobatiformes: Stingrays, thornbacks, panrays, butterfly rays, and eagle rays

Order Pristiformes: Sawfish or carpenter sharks

Order Rajiformes: Skates and guitarfish

See also

Animals

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