English > Elasmobranchii: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates. |
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| Synonyms | subclass Elasmobranchii, Selachii, subclass Selachii |
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| Member of | Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes | cartilaginous fishes |
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| Members | Alopiidae, family Alopiidae | thresher sharks |
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| Carcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae | largest family of living sharks |
| Carchariidae, family Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae | sand sharks |
| Cetorhinidae, family Cetorhinidae | In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks |
| Hexanchidae, family Hexanchidae | Primitive sharks |
| Lamnidae, family Lamnidae | Oceanic sharks |
| Orectolobidae, family Orectolobidae | nurse sharks and carpet sharks |
| Rajiformes, order Rajiformes, Batoidei, order Batoidei | fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies |
| Rhincodontidae, family Rhincodontidae | small-toothed sharks comprising only one species |
| Scyliorhinidae, family Scyliorhinidae | small bottom-dwelling sharks |
| Sphyrnidae, family Sphyrnidae | hammerhead sharks |
| Squalidae, family Squalidae | dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin |
| Squatinidae, family Squatinidae | bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks |
| Torpediniformes, order Torpediniformes | rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes |
| Triakidae, family Triakidae | small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins |
| elasmobranch, selachian | Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | Elasmobranchii, seláceos, Selachii, subclase Elasmobranchii, subclase Selachii |
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