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

• Suborder Myliobatoidei: Stingrays, eagle rays, cownose rays, and butterfly rays
  • Family Dasyatidae: Whiptail stingrays
    • Genus Dasyatis: Rough stingrays
      • Sharpnose stingray (D. acutirostra)
      • Red stingray (D. akajei)
      • Southern stingray (D. americana)
      • Bennett's stingray (D. bennetti)
      • Short-tail stingray (D. brevicaudata)
      • Roughtail stingray (D. centroura)
      • Blue stingray (D. chrysonota)
      • Colares stingray (D. colarensis)
      • Diamond stingray (D. dipterura)
      • Estuary stingray (D. fluviorum)
      • Smooth freshwater stingray (D. garouaensis)
      • Sharpsnout stingray (D. geijskesi)
      • Giant stumptail stingray (D. gigantea)
      • Longnose stingray (D. guttata)
      • Pygmy roughtail stingray (D. hastata)
      • Groovebelly stingray (D. hypostigma)
      • Izu stingray (D. izuensis)
      • Bluespotted stingray (D. kuhlii)
      • Yantai stingray (D. laevigata)
      • Mekong freshwater stingray (D. laosensis)
      • Broad stingray (D. lata)
      • Longtail stingray (D. longa)
      • Merauke stingray (D. longicauda)
      • Daisy stingray (D. margarita)
      • Pearl stingray (D. margaritella)
      • Brazilian large-eyed stingray (D. marianae)
      • Marbled stingray (D. marmorata)
      • Pitted stingray (D. matsubarai)
      • Smalleye stingray (D. microps)
      • Multispine giant stingray (D. multispinosa)
      • Blackish stingray (D. navarrae)
      • Dwarf black stingray (D. parvonigra)
      • Common stingray (D. pastinaca)
      • Smalltooth stingray (D. rudis)
      • Atlantic stingray (D. sabina)
      • Bluntnose stingray (D. say)
      • Chinese stingray (D. sinensis)
      • Black stingray (D. thetidis)
      • Tortonese's stingray (D. tortonesei)
      • Pincushion ray (D. ukpam)
      • Cow stingray (D. ushiei)
      • Pale-edged stingray (D. zugei)
    • Genus Himantura: Whiprays
      • Black-spotted whipray (H. astra)
      • Freshwater whipray (H. dalyensis)
      • Pink whipray (H. fai)
      • Whitespotted whipray (H. gerrardi)
      • Mangrove whipray (H. granulata)
      • Hortle's whipray (H. hortlei)
      • Scaly whipray (H. imbricata)
      • Javan whipray (H. javaensis)
      • Jenkins' whipray (H. jenkinsii)
      • Roughback whipray (H. kittipongi)
      • Leopard whipray (H. leoparda)
      • Tubemouth whipray (H. lobistoma)
      • Blackedge whipray (H. marginata)
      • Smalleye whipray (H. microphthalma)
      • Marbled whipray (H. oxyrhyncha)
      • Pacific whiptail stingray (H. pacifica)
      • Round whipray (H. pastinacoides)
      • Giant freshwater stingray (H. polylepis)
      • Arabian banded whipray (H. randalli)
      • Chupare stingray (H. schmardae)
      • White-edge freshwater whipray (H. signifer)
      • Brown whipray (H. toshi)
      • Fine-spotted leopard whipray (H. tutul)
      • Whitenose whipray (H. uarnacoides)
      • Reticulate whipray (H. uarnak)
      • Honeycomb whipray (H. undulata)
      • Dwarf whipray (H. walga)
    • Genus Makararaja
      • Makararaja chindwinensis
    • Genus Neotrygon: Maskrays
      • Plain maskray (N. annotata)
      • Painted maskray (N. leylandi)
      • Ningaloo maskray (N. ningalooensis)
      • Peppered maskray (N. picta)
      • New Caledonian maskray (N. trigonoides)
    • Genus Pastinachus: Cowtail stingrays
      • Eastern cowtail stingray (P. atrus)
      • Narrowtail stingray (P. gracilicaudus)
      • Cowtail stingray (P. sephen)
      • Roughnose stingray (P. solocirostris)
    • Genus Pteroplatytrygon: Pelagic stingray
      • Pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea)
    • Genus Taeniura: Ribbontail stingrays
      • Round fantail stingray (T. grabata)
      • Bluespotted ribbontail ray (T. lymma)
      • Round ribbontail ray (T. meyeni)
    • Genus Urogymnus: Porcupine ray
      • Porcupine ray (U. asperrimus)
  • Family Gymnuridae: Butterfly rays
    • Genus Gymnura: Butterfly rays
      • Peruvian butterfly ray (G. afuerae)
      • Spiny butterfly ray (G. altavela)
      • Australian butterfly ray (G. australis)
      • Twin-spot butterfly ray (G. bimaculata)
      • Longsnout butterfly ray (G. crebripunctata)
      • Gymnura crooki
      • Madeira butterfly ray (G. hirrundo)
      • Japanese butterfly ray (G. japonica)
      • California butterfly ray (G. marmorata)
      • Smooth butterfly ray (G. micrura)
      • Backwater butterfly ray (G. natalensis)
      • Longtail butterfly ray (G. poecilura)
      • Tentacled butterfly ray (G. tentaculata)
      • Zonetail butterfly ray (G. zonura)
  • Family Hexatrygonidae: Sixgill stingray
    • Genus Hexatrygon
      • Sixgill stingray (H. bickelli)
  • Family Myliobatidae: Eagle rays and manta rays
    • Genus Aetobatus: Large eagle rays
      • Longheaded eagle ray (A. flagellum)
      • Spotted eagle ray (A. narinari)
      • Naru eagle ray (A. narutobiei)
      • Ocellated eagle ray (A. ocellatus)
    • Genus Aetomylaeus: Stingless eagle rays
      • Mottled eagle ray (A. maculatus)
      • Brown eagle ray (A. milvus)
      • Banded eagle ray (A. nichofii)
      • Ornate eagle ray (A. vespertilio)
    • Genus Manta: Manta rays
      • Reef manta ray (M. alfredi)
      • Giant oceanic manta ray (M. birostris)
    • Genus Mobula: Devil rays
      • Pygmy devil ray (M. eregoodootenkee)
      • Lesser devil ray (M. hypostoma)
      • Spinetail mobula (M. japanica)
      • Shortfin devil ray (M. kuhlii)
      • Devil fish (M. mobular)
      • Monk's devil ray (M. munkiana)
      • Guinean devil ray (M. rochebrunei)
      • Box ray (M. tarapacana)
      • Bentfin devil ray (M. thurstoni)
    • Genus Myliobatis: Eagle rays (in part)
      • Common eagle ray (M. aquila)
      • Australian bull ray (M. australis)
      • Bat ray (M. californica)
      • Chilean eagle ray (M. chilensis)
      • Bullnose eagle ray (M. freminvillii)
      • Southern eagle ray (M. goodei)
      • Purple eagle ray (M. hamlyni)
      • Snouted eagle ray (M. longirostris)
      • Peruvian eagle ray (M. peruvianus)
      • Shortnose eagle ray (M. ridens)
      • New Zealand eagle ray (M. tenuicaudatus)
      • Japanese eagle ray (M. tobijei)
    • Genus Pteromylaeus: Bull rays (sometimes included in genus Aetomylaeus)
      • Rough eagle ray (P. asperrimus)
      • Bull ray (P. bovinus)
      • Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus
  • Family Plesiobatidae: Deepwater stingray
    • Genus Plesiobatis
      • Deepwater stingray (P. daviesi)
  • Family Potamotrygonidae: Freshwater stingrays
    • Genus Heliotrygon: Round river stingrays
      • Gomes's round ray (H. gomesi)
      • Rosa's round ray (H. rosai)
    • Genus Paratrygon: Discus ray
      • Discus ray (P. aiereba)
    • Genus Plesiotrygon: Smaller river stingrays
      • Long-tailed river stingray (P. iwamae)
      • Antenna ray (P. nana)
    • Genus Potamotrygon: Common river stingrays
      • Potamotrygon amandae
      • Emperor ray (P. boesemani)
      • Short-tailed river stingray (P. brachyura)
      • Thorny river stingray (P. constellata)
      • Largespot river stingray (P. falkneri)
      • Bigtooth river stingray (P. henlei)
      • Potamotrygon humerosa
      • Porcupine river stingray (P. hystrix)
      • White-blotched river stingray (P. leopoldi)
      • Potamotrygon limai
      • Magdalena river stingray (P. magdalenae)
      • Potamotrygon marinae
      • Ocellate river stingray (P. motoro)
      • Red-blotched river stingray (P. ocellata)
      • Smooth back river stingray (P. orbignyi)
      • Potamotrygon pantanensis
      • Rosette river stingray (P. schroederi)
      • Parana River stingray (P. schuhmacheri)
      • Raspy river stingray (P. scobina)
      • Parnaiba river stingray (P. signata)
      • Potamotrygon tatianae
      • Tiger ray (P. tigrina)
      • Maracaibo River stingray (P. yepezi)
  • Family Rhinopteridae: Cownose rays
    • Genus Rhinoptera: Cownose rays
      • Rough cownose ray (R. adspersa)
      • Common cownose ray (R. bonasus)
      • Brazilian cownose ray (R. brasiliensis)
      • Flapnose ray (R. javanica)
      • Oman cownose ray (R. jayakari)
      • Lusitanian cownose ray (R. marginata)
      • Australian cownose ray (R. neglecta)
      • Pacific cownose ray (R. steindachneri)
  • Family Urolophidae: Stingarees
    • Genus Trygonoptera: Australian stingarees
      • Yellow shovelnose stingaree (T. galba)
      • Eastern shovelnose stingaree (T. imitata)
      • Western shovelnose stingaree (T. mucosa)
      • Striped stingaree (T. ovalis)
      • Masked stingaree (T. personata)
      • Common stingaree (T. testacea)
    • Genus Urolophus: Western Pacific stingarees
      • New Ireland stingaree (U. armatus)
      • Sepia stingray (U. aurantiacus)
      • Sandyback stingaree (U. bucculensis)
      • Circular stingaree (U. circularis)
      • Crossback stingaree (U. cruciatus)
      • Chesterfield Island stingaree (U. deforgesi)
      • Wide stingaree (U. expansus)
      • Patchwork stingaree (U. flavomosaicus)
      • Spotted stingaree (U. gigas)
      • Java stingaree (U. javanicus)
      • Kai stingaree (U. kaianus)
      • Kapala stingaree (U. kapalensis)
      • Lobed stingaree (U. lobatus)
      • Mitotic stingaree (U. mitosis)
      • New Caledonian stingaree (U. neocaledoniensis)
      • Coastal stingaree (U. orarius)
      • Butterfly stingaree (U. papilio)
      • Sparsely-spotted stingaree (U. paucimaculatus)
      • Coral Sea stingaree (U. piperatus)
      • Yellowback stingaree (U. sufflavus)
      • Greenback stingaree (U. verdis)
      • Brown stingaree (U. westraliensis)
  • Family Urotrygonidae: American round stingrays
    • Genus Urobatis: Round stingrays
      • Bullseye round stingray (Urobatis concentricus)
      • Haller's round stingray (Urobatis halleri)
      • Yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis)
      • Spotted round ray (Urobatis maculatus)
      • Chilean round stingray (Urobatis marmoratus)
      • Urobatis pardalis
      • Tumbes round stingray (Urobatis tumbesensis)
    • Genus Urotrygon: American round stingrays
      • Spiny-tail round ray (Urotrygon aspidura)
      • Spine-tailed round ray (Urotrygon caudispinosus)
      • Chilean round ray (Urotrygon chilensis)
      • Denticled stingray (Urotrygon cimar)
      • Small-eyed round stingray (Urotrygon microphthalmum)
      • Munda round ray (Urotrygon munda)
      • Dwarf round ray (Urotrygon nana)
      • Peruvian stingray (Urotrygon peruanus)
      • Reticulate round ray (Urotrygon reticulata)
      • Roger's round ray (Urotrygon rogersi)
      • Saw-spined round ray (Urotrygon serrula)
      • Fake round ray (Urotrygon simulatrix)
      • Venezuela round stingray (Urotrygon venezuelae)
• Suborder Platyrhinoidei: Thornbacks
  • Family Platyrhinidae: Thornbacks (fanrays)
    • Genus Platyrhina: Fanrays
      • Hyuga fanray (Platyrhina hyugaensis)
      • Fanray or common fanray (Platyrhina sinensis)
      • Yellow-spotted fanray (Platyrhina tangi)
    • Genus Platyrhinoidis: Thornback guitarfish
      • Thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata)
• Suborder Zanobatoidei: Panrays
  • Family Zanobatidae: Striped panray
    • Genus Zanobatus
      • Striped panray (Zanobatus schoenleinii)

Order Pristiformes: Sawfish or carpenter sharks

• Family Pristidae
  • Genus Anoxypristis: Knifetooth sawfish
    • Knifetooth sawfish or pointed sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
  • Genus Pristis: All other sawfish
    • Queensland sawfish or dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata)
    • Smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata)
    • Common large-tooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) [also see largetooth sawfish and/or large-tooth sawfish for taxonomy clarification]
    • Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)

Order Rajiformes: Skates and guitarfish

• Family Anacanthobatidae: Smooth skates or legskates
  • Genus Anacanthobatis: Smooth skates/legskates
    • American leg skate (Anacanthobatis americanus)
    • East China leg skate (Anacanthobatis donghaiensis)
    • Leaf-nose leg skate (Anacanthobatis folirostris)
    • Longnose leg skate (Anacanthobatis longirostris)
    • Spotted leg skate (Anacanthobatis marmoratus)
    • South China leg skate (Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis)
    • Narrow leg skate (Anacanthobatis stenosoma)
  • Genus Indobatis: Black legskate
    • Black legskate (Indobatis ori)
  • Genus Sinobatis: Indopacific smooth skates
    • Borneo legskate (Sinobatis borneensis)
    • Short-tail legskate (Sinobatis brevicauda)
    • Western Australian legskate (Sinobatis bulbicauda)
    • Blue legskate (Sinobatis caerulea)
    • Eastern Australian legskate (Sinobatis filicauda)
    • Black-bodied legskate (Sinobatis melanosoma)
• Family Rajidae: "True" skates
  • Genus Amblyraja: Thorny skates and others
    • Broad skate (Amblyraja badia)
    • Southern thorny skate (Amblyraja doellojuradoi)
    • Thickbody skate (Amblyraja frerichsi)
    • Antarctic starry skate (Amblyraja georgiana)
    • Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea)
    • Jensen's skate or shorttail skate (Amblyraja jenseni)
    • Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)
    • Reversed skate (Amblyraja reversa)
    • Bigmouth skate (Amblyraja robertsi)
    • Whiteleg skate (Amblyraja taaf)
  • Genus Arhynchobatis: Longtail skate
    • Longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus)
  • Genus Atlantoraja: Southern South American skates
    • Spotback skate (Atlantoraja castelnaui)
    • Eyespot skate (Atlantoraja cyclophora)
    • La Plata skate (Atlantoraja platana)
  • Genus Bathyraja: Diverse skates
    • Deepsea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola)
    • Aguja skate (Bathyraja aguja)
    • White-dotted skate (Bathyraja albomaculata)
    • Aleutian skate (Bathyraja aleutica)
    • Little-eyed skate (Bathyraja andriashevi)
    • Bottom skate (Bathyraja bergi)
    • Broadnose skate (Bathyraja brachyurops)
    • Purple-black skate (Bathyraja caeluronigricans)
    • Joined-fins skate (Bathyraja cousseauae)
    • Dusky-pink skate (Bathyraja dilpotaenia)
    • Eaton's skate (Bathyraja eatonii)
    • Cinnamon skate (Bathyraja fedorovi)
    • Graytail skate (Bathyraja griseocauda)
    • West African skate (Bathyraja hesperafricana)
    • Sandpaper skate (Bathyraja interrupta)
    • Kerguelen sandpaper skate (Bathyraja irrasa)
    • Bathyraja ishiharai
    • Raspback skate (Bathyraja isotrachys)
    • Domino skate (Bathyraja leucomelanos)
    • Commander skate (Bathyraja lindbergi)
    • Slimtail skate (Bathyraja longicauda)
    • McCain's skate (Bathyraja maccaini)
    • Patagonian skate (Bathyraja macloviana)
    • White-blotched skate (Bathyraja maculata)
    • Magellan skate (Bathyraja magellanica)
    • Butterfly skate (Bathyraja mariposa)
    • Dusky-purple skate (Bathyraja matsubarai)
    • Dark-belly skate (Bathyraja meridionalis)
    • Smallthorn skate (Bathyraja murrayi)
    • Multispine skate (Bathyraja multispinis)
    • Notoro skate (Bathyraja notoroensis)
    • Pale skate (Bathyraja pallida)
    • Leopard skate (Bathyraja panthera)
    • Bathyraja papilionifera
    • Alaska skate (Bathyraja parmifera)
    • Peruvian skate (Bathyraja peruana)
    • Richardson's ray (Bathyraja richardsoni)
    • Cuphead skate (Bathyraja scaphiops)
    • Whitemouth skate (Bathyraja schroederi)
    • Longnose deep-sea skate (Bathyraja shuntovi)
    • Hokkaido skate (Bathyraja simoterus)
    • Golden skate (Bathyraja smirnovi)
    • African softnose skate (Bathyraja smithii)
    • Spinytail skate (Bathyraja spinicauda)
    • Pacific white skate (Bathyraja spinosissima)
    • Eremo skate (Bathyraja trachouros)
    • Bathyraja taranetzi
    • Roughtail skate (Bathyraja trachura)
    • Bathyraja tunae
    • Creamback skate (Bathyraja tzinovskii)
    • Okhotsk skate (Bathyraja violacea)
  • Genus Breviraja (Blackbelly skate and others)
    • Brightspot skate (Breviraja claramaculata)
    • Lightnose skate (Breviraja colesi)
    • Nova Scotia Skate (Breviraja marklei)
    • Blacknose Skate (Breviraja mouldi)
    • Blackbelly skate (Breviraja nigriventralis)
    • Spinose skate (Breviraja spinosa)
  • Genus Brochiraja (Deep-sea skates)
    • Brochiraja aenigma
    • Brochiraja albilabiata
    • Spiny deepsea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
    • Brochiraja heuresa
    • Brochiraja leviveneta
    • Brochiraja microspinifera
    • Prickly deepsea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
    • Brochiraja vittacauda
  • Genus Curiraja: (leg skates)
    • Andaman leg skate (Cruriraja andamanica)
    • Atlantic leg skate (Cruriraja atlantis)
    • Broadfoot leg skate (Cruriraja cadenati)
    • Smoothnose leg skate (Cruriraja durbanensis)
    • Cruriraja hulleyi
    • Roughnose leg skate (Cruriraja parcomaculata)
    • Cuban leg skate (Cruriraja poeyi)
    • Rough leg skate (Cruriraja rugosa)
  • Genus Dactylobatus: Skilletskate and hookskate
    • Skilletskate (Dactylobatus armatus)
    • Hookskate (Dactylobatus clarkii)
  • Genus Dentiraja: Thornback skate
    • Thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri)
  • Genus Dipturus: Larger common skates
    • Deepwater skate (Dipturus acrobelus)
    • Ridgeback skate (Dipturus amphispinus)
    • Pale tropical skate (Dipturus apricus)
    • Argentine skate (Dipturus argentinensis)
    • Sydney skate (Dipturus australis)
    • Blue skate aka common skate (Dipturus batis)
    • Bullis skate (Dipturus bullisi)
    • Blackspot skate (Dipturus campbelli)
    • Gray skate (Dipturus canutus)
    • White-spotted skate (Dipturus cerva)
    • Longnose skate (Dipturus confusus)
    • Madagascar skate (Dipturus crosnieri)
    • Thorny-tail skate (Dipturus diehli)
    • Violet skate (Dipturus doutrei)
    • Ecuador skate (Dipturus ecuadoriensis)
    • Endeavour skate (Dipturus endeavouri)
    • False Argus skate (Dipturus falloargus)
    • Dipturus flavirostris
    • Pygmy thornback skate (Dipturus flindersi )
    • San Blas skate (Dipturus garricki)
    • Giant skate (Dipturus gigas)
    • Graham's skate (Dipturus grahami)
    • Greenback skate (Dipturus gudgeri)
    • Heald's skate (Dipturus healdi)
    • New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
    • Travancore skate (Dipturus johannisdavisi)
    • Kwangtung skate (Dipturus kwangtungensis )
    • Barndoor skate (Dipturus laevis)
    • Rattail skate (Dipturus lanceorostratus)
    • Thintail skate (Dipturus leptocauda)
    • Bigtail skate (Dipturus macrocauda)
    • Blacktip skate (Dipturus melanospilus)
    • South Brazilian skate (Dipturus mennii)
    • Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis)
    • Ocellate skate (Dipturus oculus)
    • Spreadfin skate (Dipturus olseni)
    • Hooktail skate (Dipturus oregoni)
    • Dipturus oxyrinchus
    • Argus skate (Dipturus polyommata)
    • Slimeskate (Dipturus pullopunctatus)
    • Queensland deepwater skate (Dipturus queenslandicus)
    • Roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri)
    • Prownose skate (Dipturus stenorhynchus)
    • Prickly brown ray (Dipturus teevani)
    • Acutenose skate (Dipturus tengu)
    • Roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma)
    • Weng's skate (Dipturus wengi)
    • Wedgenose skate (Dipturus whitleyi)
    • Wu's skate (Dipturus wuhanlingi)
  • Genus Fenestraja: Pygmy skates
    • Blackfin pygmy skate (Fenestraja atripinna)
    • Cuban pygmy skate (Fenestraja cubensis)
    • Plain pygmy skate (Fenestraja ishiyamai)
    • Madagascar pygmy skate (Fenestraja maceachrani)
    • Prickly skate (Fenestraja mamillidens)
    • Pluto skate (Fenestraja plutonia)
    • Siboga skate (Fenestraja sibogae)
    • Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate (Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate)
  • Genus Gurgesiella: Small deep-water skates
    • Atlantic pygmy skate (Gurgesiella atlantica)
    • Onefin skate (Gurgesiella dorsalifera)
    • Dusky finless skate (Gurgesiella furvescens)
  • Genus Hongeo: Korean skate
    • Korean skate (Hongeo koreana)
  • Genus Insentiraja: Pacific looseskin skates
    • Eastern looseskin skate (Insentiraja laxipella)
    • Velvet skate (Insentiraja subtilispinosa)
  • Genus Irolita: Round skates
    • Southern round skate (Irolita waitii)
    • Western round skate (Irolita westraliensis)
  • Genus Leucoraja: Rough skates
    • Maya skate (Leucoraja caribbaea)
    • Sandy skate (Leucoraja circularis)
    • Tigertail skate (Leucoraja compagnoi)
    • Little skate (Leucoraja erinacea)
    • Shagreen skate (Leucoraja fullonica)
    • Freckled skate (Leucoraja garmani)
    • Speckled skate (Leucoraja lentiginosa)
    • Whitedappled skate (Leucoraja leucosticta)
    • Maltese skate (Leucoraja melitensis)
    • Cuckoo skate (Leucoraja naevus)
    • Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)
    • Sawback skate (Leucoraja pristispina)
    • Virginia skate (Leucoraja virginica)
    • Yellow-spotted skate (Leucoraja wallacei)
    • Yucatan skate (Leucoraja yucatanensis)
  • Genus Malacoraja: Soft skates
    • Krefft's skate (Malacoraja kreffti)
    • Brazilian soft skate (Malacoraja obscura)
    • Malacoraja senta
    • Soft skate (Malacoraja spinacidermis)
  • Genus Neoraja: Blue pygmy skates
    • West African pygmy skates (Neoraja africana)
    • Common blue pygmy skate (Neoraja caerulea)
    • Carolina pygmy skate (Neoraja carolinensis)
    • Iberian pygmy skate (Neoraja iberica)
    • African dwarf skate (Neoraja stehmanni)
  • Genus Notoraja: Indian/Pacific softnose skates
    • Alis skate (Notoraja alisae)
    • Blue-skate (Notoraja azurea)
    • Fiji skate (Notoraja fijiensis)
    • False ghost skate (Notoraja hirticauda)
    • Strange skate (Notoraja inusitata)
    • Broken Ridge skate (Notoraja lira)
    • Long-ventral skate (Notoraja longiventralis)
    • Barbedwire-tailed skate (Notoraja martinezi)
    • Pale skate (Notoraja ochroderma)
    • Sapphire skate (Notoraja sapphira)
    • Blotched skate (Notoraja sticta)
    • Lead-hued skate (Notoraja tobitukai)
  • Genus Okamejei: Spot skates and others
    • Sharpspine skate (Okamejei acutispina)
    • Arafura skate (Okamejei arafurensis)
    • Boeseman's skate (Okamejei boesemani)
    • Borneo sand skate (Okamejei cairae)
    • East African skate (Okamejei heemstrai)
    • Yellow-spotted skate (Okamejei hollandi)
    • Sulu sea skate (Okamejei jensenae)
    • Ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei)
    • Thin-tail skate (Okamejei leptoura)
    • Bigeye skate (Okamejei meerdervoortii)
    • Okamejei mengae
    • Ornate skate (Okamejei ornata)
    • Okamejei philipi
    • Pita skate (Okamejei pita)
    • Indian ringed skate (Okamejei powelli)
    • Browneye skate (Okamejei schmidti)
  • Genus Pavoraja: Peacock skates
    • Allen's skate (Pavoraja alleni)
    • Sandy skate (Pavoraja arenaria)
    • Mosaic skate (Pavoraja mosaica)
    • Peacock skate (Pavoraja nitida)
    • False peacock skate (Pavoraja pseudonitida)
    • Dusky skate (Pavoraja umbrosa)
  • Genus Psammobatis: Sand skates
    • Blotched sand skate (Psammobatis bergi)
    • Zipper sand skate (Psammobatis extenta)
    • Freckled sand skate (Psammobatis lentiginosa)
    • Shortfin sand skate (Psammobatis normani)
    • Smalltail sand skate (Psammobatis parvacauda)
    • Smallthorn sand skate (Psammobatis rudis)
    • Spade sand skate (Psammobatis rutrum)
    • Raspthorn sand skate (Psammobatis scobina)
  • Genus Pseudoraja: Fanfin skate
    • Pseudoraja atlantica
    • Fanfin skate (Pseudoraja fischeri)
  • Genus Raja
    • Ocellate skate (Raja ackleyi)
    • African skate (Raja africana)
    • Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias)
    • Bahama skate (Raja bahamensis)
    • Big skate (Raja binoculata)
    • Blonde ray (Raja brachyura)
    • Finspot ray (Raja cervigoni)

See also

• Chondrichthyes
• List of fishes
• Largest organisms
• Threatened rays
• Threatened sharks
• Cartilage
• Fish

Animals