subclass elasmobranchii
Noun
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Sharks;
Rays;
Dogfishes;
Skates (synset 101484240)is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:- elasmobranch, selachian - any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
- family hexanchidae, hexanchidae - primitive sharks
- family lamnidae, lamnidae - oceanic sharks
- cetorhinidae, family cetorhinidae - in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks
- alopiidae, family alopiidae - thresher sharks
- family orectolobidae, orectolobidae - nurse sharks and carpet sharks
- carchariidae, family carchariidae, family odontaspididae, odontaspididae - sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
- family rhincodontidae, rhincodontidae - small-toothed sharks comprising only one species
- family scyliorhinidae, scyliorhinidae - small bottom-dwelling sharks
- carcharhinidae, family carcharhinidae - largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
- family triakidae, triakidae - small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins
- family squalidae, squalidae - dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
- family sphyrnidae, sphyrnidae - hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks
- family squatinidae, squatinidae - bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks
- order torpediniformes, torpediniformes - rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes
- batoidei, order batoidei, order rajiformes, rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
belongs to: chondrichthyes, class chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes
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