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 [Holocephali]

Order [Chimaeriformes]

Family Callorhinchidae Garman 1901

* Genus Callorhinchus Lacépède 1798
** Callorhinchus callorynchus Linnaeus 1758
** Callorhinchus capensis Duméril 1865
** Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent 1823 Family Chimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831
* Genus Chimaera Linnaeus 1758
** Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski 2008
** Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno 2010
** Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero 1936
** Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White 2008
** Chimaera jordani Tanaka 1905
** Chimaera lignaria Didier 2002
** Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White 2008
** Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758
** Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier 2010
** Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White 2008
** Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos 2011
** Chimaera orientatis Angulo, López, Bussing & Murase 2014
** Chimaera owstoni Tanaka 1905
** Chimaera panthera Didier 1998
** Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder 1900
* Genus Hydrolagus Gill 1863
** Hydrolagus affinis de Brito Capello 1868
** Hydrolagus africanus Gilchrist 1922
** Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder 1951
** Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert 2006
** Hydrolagus barbouri Garman 1908
** Hydrolagus bemisi Didier 2002
** Hydrolagus colliei Lay & Bennett 1839
** Hydrolagus deani Smith & Radcliffe 1912
** Hydrolagus eidolon Jordan & Hubbs 1925
** Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier 2008
** Hydrolagus lemures Whitley, 1939
** Hydrolagus lusitanicus Moura, Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, Almeida & Gordo 2005
** Hydrolagus macrophthalmus [Don Fernando Don Fernando de Buen y Lozano|de Buen y Lozano|de Buen] 1959
** Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008
** Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren 2004
** Hydrolagus mccoskeri Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert 2006
** Hydrolagus melanophasma James, Ebert, Long & Didier 2009
** Hydrolagus mirabilis Collett 1904
** Hydrolagus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder 1904
** Hydrolagus novaezealandiae Fowler 1911
** Hydrolagus ogilbyi Waite 1898
** Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann 1990
** Hydrolagus purpurescens Gilbert 1905
** Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret 2002
** Hydrolagus waitei Fowler 1907Family Rhinochimaeridae Garman 1901
* Genus Harriotta Goode & Bean 1895
** Harriotta haeckeli Karrer 1972
** Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895
* Genus Neoharriotta Bigelow & Schroeder 1950
** Neoharriotta carri Bullis & Carpenter 1966
** Neoharriotta pinnata Schnakenbeck 1931
** Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996
* Genus Rhinochimaera Garman 1901
** Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert 1990
** Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909
** Rhinochimaera pacifica Mitsukuri 1895

Subclass [Elasmobranchii]

Superorder [Batoidea]

Order [Torpediniformes]

Suborder Platyrhinoidei

* Family Platyrhinidae Jordan 1923
** Genus Platyrhina Müller & Henle 1838
*** Platyrhina hyugaensis Iwatsuki, Miyamoto & Nakaya 2011
*** Platyrhina sinensis Bloch & Schneider 1801
*** Platyrhina tangi Iwatsuki, Zhang & Nakaya 2011
** Genus Platyrhinoidis Garman 1881
*** Platyrhinoidis triseriata Jordan & Gilbert 1880 Suborder Torpedinoidei
* Family Hypnidae Gill 1862
** Genus Hypnos Duméril 1852
*** Hypnos monopterygium
* Family Torpedinidae Henle 1834
** Genus Torpedo Houttuyn 1764 non Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775
*** Subgenus
**** Torpedo torpedo
**** Torpedo marmorata Risso 1810
**** Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers 1831
**** Torpedo panthera Olfers 1831
**** Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters 1855
**** Torpedo suessi Steindachner 1898
**** Torpedo zugmayeri
**** Torpedo mackayana Metzelaar 1919
**** Torpedo andersoni Bullis 1962
**** Torpedo bauchotae Cadenat, Capapé & Desoutter 1978
**** Torpedo adenensis Carvalho, Stehmann & Manilo 2002
**** Torpedo formosa Haas & Ebert 2006
*** Subgenus Gill 1862
**** Torpedo cowleyi
**** Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte 1835
**** Torpedo californica Ayres 1855
**** Torpedo fairchildi Hutton 1872
**** Torpedo tokionis
**** Torpedo puelcha Lahille 1926
**** Torpedo macneilli
**** Torpedo tremens de Buen 1959
**** Torpedo peruana Chirichigno 1963
**** Torpedo microdiscus Parin & Kotlyar 1985
**** Torpedo semipelagica Parin & Kotlyar 1985
* Family Narcinidae
** Genus Benthobatis Alcock 1898
*** Benthobatis moresbyi Alcock 1898
*** Benthobatis marcida Bean & Weed 1909
*** Benthobatis kreffti Rincón, Stehmann & Vooren 2001
*** Benthobatis yangi Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert 2003
** Genus Diplobatis Bigelow & Schroeder 1948
*** Diplobatis ommata
*** Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar 1957
*** Diplobatis colombiensis Fechhelm & McEachran 1984
*** Diplobatis pictus Palmer 1950
** Genus Discopyge Heckel ex Tschudi 1846
*** Discopyge tschudii
*** Discopyge castelloi Menni, Rincón & García 2008
** Genus Narcine Henle 1834
*** Narcine atzi Carvalho & Randall 2003
*** Narcine baliensis de Carvalho & White 2016
*** Narcine bancroftii
*** Narcine brasiliensis
*** Narcine brevilabiata Besednov 1966
*** Narcine brunnea Annandale 1909
*** Narcine entemedor Jordan & Starks 1895
*** Narcine insolita Carvalho, Séret & Compagno 2002
*** Narcine lasti Carvalho & Séret 2002
*** Narcine leoparda Carvalho 2001
*** Narcine lingula Richardson 1840
*** Narcine maculata
*** Narcine nelsoni Carvalho 2008
*** Narcine oculifera de Carvalho, Compagno & Mee 2002
*** Narcine ornata Carvalho 2008
*** Narcine prodorsalis Besednov 1966
*** Narcine rierai
*** Narcine tasmaniensis Richardson 1840
*** Narcine timlei
*** Narcine vermiculata Breder 1928
*** Narcine westraliensis McKay 1966
* Family Narkidae Fowler 1934
** Genus Crassinarke Takagi 1951
*** Crassinarke dormitor Takagi 1951
** Genus Electrolux Compagno & Heemstra 2007
*** Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra 2007
** Genus Heteronarce Regan 1921
*** Heteronarce mollis
*** Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921
*** Heteronarce prabhui Talwar 1981
*** Heteronarce bentuviai
** Genus Narke Kaup 1826
*** Narke capensis
*** Narke dipterygia
*** Narke japonica
** Genus Temera Gray 1831
*** Temera hardwickii Gray 1831
** Genus Typhlonarke Waite 1909
*** Typhlonarke aysoni
*** Typhlonarke tarakea Phillipps 1929