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 (Plownose chimaera) Callorhinchus callorynchus Linnaeus 1758 (ploughnose chimaera) Callorhinchus capensis Duméril 1865 (Cape elephantfish) Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent 1823 (Australian ghost shark) Family Chimaeridae Bonaparte, 1831 (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes) Genus Chimaera Linnaeus 1758 Chimaera argiloba Last, White & Pogonoski 2008 (whitefin chimaera) Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno 2010 (Bahamas ghost shark) Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero 1936 (Cuban chimaera) Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White 2008 (southern chimaera) Chimaera jordani Tanaka 1905 (Jordan's chimaera) Chimaera lignaria Didier 2002 (carpenter's chimaera) Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & White 2008 (longspine chimaera) Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus 1758 (rabbit fish) Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier 2010 (Cape chimaera) Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & White 2008 (shortspine chimaera) Chimaera opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos 2011 (Opal chimaera) Chimaera orientatis Angulo, López, Bussing & Murase 2014 (Eastern Pacific black chimaera) Chimaera owstoni Tanaka 1905 (Owston's chimaera) Chimaera panthera Didier 1998 (leopard chimaera) Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder 1900 (silver chimaera) Genus Hydrolagus Gill 1863 Hydrolagus affinis de Brito Capello 1868 (smalleyed rabbitfish) Hydrolagus africanus Gilchrist 1922 (African chimaera) Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder 1951 (Gulf chimaera) Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert 2006 Hydrolagus barbouri Garman 1908 (Ninespot chimaera) Hydrolagus bemisi Didier 2002 (pale ghost shark) Hydrolagus colliei Lay & Bennett 1839 (spotted ratfish) Hydrolagus deani Smith & Radcliffe 1912 (Philippine chimaera) Hydrolagus eidolon Jordan & Hubbs 1925 Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier 2008 (black ghostshark) Hydrolagus lemures Whitley, 1939 (blackfin ghostshark) Hydrolagus lusitanicus Moura, Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, Almeida & Gordo 2005 Hydrolagus macrophthalmus de Buen 1959 (Bigeye chimaera) Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008 (marbled ghostshark) Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren 2004 (Brazilian striped rabbitfish) Hydrolagus mccoskeri Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert 2006 (Galápagos ghostshark) Hydrolagus melanophasma James, Ebert, Long & Didier 2009 (Eastern Pacific black ghostshark) Hydrolagus mirabilis Collett 1904 (large-eyed rabbitfish) Hydrolagus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder 1904 (spookfish) Hydrolagus novaezealandiae Fowler 1911 (dark ghostshark) Hydrolagus ogilbyi Waite 1898 Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann 1990 Hydrolagus purpurescens Gilbert 1905 (purple chimaera) Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret 2002 (pointy-nosed blue chimaera) Hydrolagus waitei Fowler 1907 Family Rhinochimaeridae Garman 1901 (Longnose chimaeras) Genus Harriotta Goode & Bean 1895 Harriotta haeckeli Karrer 1972 (smallspine spookfish) Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean 1895 (Pacific longnose chimaera) Genus Neoharriotta Bigelow & Schroeder 1950 (sicklefin chimaera) Neoharriotta carri Bullis & Carpenter 1966 (dwarf sicklefin chimaera) Neoharriotta pinnata Schnakenbeck 1931 (sicklefin chimaera) Neoharriotta pumila Didier & Stehmann 1996 (Arabian sicklefin chimaera) Genus Rhinochimaera Garman 1901 Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert 1990 (paddlenose chimaera) Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909 (straightnose rabbitfish) Rhinochimaera pacifica Mitsukuri 1895 (Pacific spookfish)
Subclass Elasmobranchii
Superorder Batoidea
Order Torpediniformes Suborder Platyrhinoidei Family Platyrhinidae Jordan 1923 (Thornbacks & fanrays) Genus Platyrhina Müller & Henle 1838 (Fanrays) Platyrhina hyugaensis Iwatsuki, Miyamoto & Nakaya 2011 (Hyuga fanray) Platyrhina sinensis Bloch & Schneider 1801 (common fanray) Platyrhina tangi Iwatsuki, Zhang & Nakaya 2011 (Yellow-spotted fanray) Genus Platyrhinoidis Garman 1881 Platyrhinoidis triseriata Jordan & Gilbert 1880 (Thornback guitarfish) Suborder Torpedinoidei Family Hypnidae Gill 1862 Genus Hypnos Duméril 1852 Hypnos monopterygium (Shaw 1795) (coffin ray) Family Torpedinidae Henle 1834 (electric rays) Genus Torpedo Houttuyn 1764 non Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775 Subgenus (Torpedo) Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus 1758) (Common torpedo) Torpedo marmorata Risso 1810 (Marbled electric ray) Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers 1831 (Variable torpedo) Torpedo panthera Olfers 1831 (Leopard torpedo) Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters 1855 (Black-spotted torpedo) Torpedo suessi Steindachner 1898 Torpedo zugmayeri (Engelhardt 1912) Torpedo mackayana Metzelaar 1919 (Ringed torpedo) Torpedo andersoni Bullis 1962 (Florida torpedo) Torpedo bauchotae Cadenat, Capapé & Desoutter 1978 (Rosette torpedo) Torpedo adenensis Carvalho, Stehmann & Manilo 2002 (Aden Gulf torpedo) Torpedo formosa Haas & Ebert 2006 (Taiwan torpedo) Subgenus (Tetronarce) Gill 1862 Torpedo cowleyi (Ebert, Haas & de Carvalho 2015) (Cowley's torpedo ray) Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte 1835 (Atlantic torpedo) Torpedo californica Ayres 1855 (Pacific electric ray) Torpedo fairchildi Hutton 1872 (New Zealand torpedo) Torpedo tokionis (Tanaka 1908) (Trapezoid torpedo) Torpedo puelcha Lahille 1926 (Argentine torpedo) Torpedo macneilli (Whitley 1932) (Shorttail torpedo) Torpedo tremens de Buen 1959 (Chilean torpedo) Torpedo peruana Chirichigno 1963 Torpedo microdiscus Parin & Kotlyar 1985 (Smalldisk torpedo) Torpedo semipelagica Parin & Kotlyar 1985 (Semipelagic/Alexandrine torpedo) Family Narcinidae (Gill 1862) (numbfishes) Genus Benthobatis Alcock 1898 Benthobatis moresbyi Alcock 1898 (Dark blind ray) Benthobatis marcida Bean & Weed 1909 (Blind torpedo) Benthobatis kreffti Rincón, Stehmann & Vooren 2001 (Brazilian blind electric ray) Benthobatis yangi Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert 2003 (Taiwanese blind electric ray) Genus Diplobatis Bigelow & Schroeder 1948 Diplobatis ommata (Jordan & Gildert 1890) (Ocellated electric ray) Diplobatis guamachensis Martín Salazar 1957 (Brownband numbfish) Diplobatis colombiensis Fechhelm & McEachran 1984 (Colombian electric ray) Diplobatis pictus Palmer 1950 (Painted electric ray) Genus Discopyge Heckel ex Tschudi 1846 Discopyge tschudii (Heckel 1845) (Apron ray) Discopyge castelloi Menni, Rincón & García 2008 Genus Narcine Henle 1834 Narcine atzi Carvalho & Randall 2003 (Atz's numbfish) Narcine baliensis de Carvalho & White 2016 Narcine bancroftii (Griffith & Smith 1834) (Lesser electric ray) Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers 1831) (Brazilian electric ray) Narcine brevilabiata Besednov 1966 (Short-lip electric ray) Narcine brunnea Annandale 1909 (Brown numbfish) Narcine entemedor Jordan & Starks 1895 (Giant electric ray) Narcine insolita Carvalho, Séret & Compagno 2002 (Madagascar numbfish) Narcine lasti Carvalho & Séret 2002 (Western numbfish) Narcine leoparda Carvalho 2001 (Leopard electric ray) Narcine lingula Richardson 1840 (Chinese numbfish) Narcine maculata (Shaw 1804) (Dark-finned numbfish) Narcine nelsoni Carvalho 2008 (Eastern numbfish) Narcine oculifera de Carvalho, Compagno & Mee 2002 (Big-eye electric ray) Narcine ornata Carvalho 2008 (Ornate numbfish) Narcine prodorsalis Besednov 1966 (Tonkin numbfish) Narcine rierai (Lloris & Rucabado 1991) (Slender electric ray) Narcine tasmaniensis Richardson 1840 (Tasmanian numbfish) Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider 1801) (Spotted numbfish) Narcine vermiculata Breder 1928 (Vermiculate electric ray) Narcine westraliensis McKay 1966 (Banded numbfish) Family Narkidae Fowler 1934 (sleeper rays) Genus Crassinarke Takagi 1951 Crassinarke dormitor Takagi 1951 (Sleeper torpedo) Genus Electrolux Compagno & Heemstra 2007 Electrolux addisoni Compagno & Heemstra 2007 (Ornate sleeper-ray) Genus Heteronarce Regan 1921 Heteronarce mollis (Lloyd 1907) (Soft electric ray) Heteronarce garmani Regan 1921 (Natal electric ray) Heteronarce prabhui Talwar 1981 (Quilon electric ray) Heteronarce bentuviai (Baranes & Randall 1989) (Elat electric ray) Genus Narke Kaup 1826 Narke capensis (Gmelin 1789) (Onefin electric ray) Narke dipterygia (Bloch & Schneider 1801) (Numbray) Narke japonica (Schengel 1850) (Japanese sleeper ray) Genus Temera Gray 1831 Temera hardwickii Gray 1831 (Finless sleeper ray) Genus Typhlonarke Waite 1909 Typhlonarke aysoni (Hamilton 1902) (Blind electric ray) Typhlonarke tarakea Phillipps 1929 (Oval electric ray)
Order Rhinopristiformes Suborder Zanobatoidei Family Zanobatidae Fowler 1934 (Striped panray) Genus Zanobatus Garman 1913 Zanobatus schoenleinii (Müller & Henle 1841) Garman 1913 (Striped panray) Suborder Pristoidei Family Trygonorrhinidae Last, Séret & Naylor 2016 Genus Aptychotrema Norman 1926 (shovelnose rays) Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw 1794) (Eastern shovelnose ray) Aptychotrema timorensis Last 2004 (Spotted shovelnose ray) Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke 1885) (Western shovelnose ray) Genus Trygonorrhina Müller & Henle 1838 (fiddler rays) Trygonorrhina dumerilii (Castelnau 1873) (Southern fiddler ray) Trygonorrhina fasciata (Müller & Henle 1841) (Eastern fiddler ray) Trygonorrhina melaleuca (Scott 1954) Genus Zapteryx Jordan & Gilbert 1880 Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller & Henle 1841) (Lesser guitarfish) Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert 1880) (Banded guitarfish) Zapteryx xyster Jordan & Evermann 1896 (Witch guitarfish) Family Rhinobatidae Bonaparte 1835 (guitarfishes) Genus Pseudobatos Last et al. 2016 Pseudobatos buthi Rutledge, 2019 (Spadenose guitarfish) Pseudobatos glaucostigmus (Jordan & Gilbert 1883) (Speckled guitarfish) Pseudobatos horkelii (Müller & Henle 1841) (Brazilian guitarfish) Pseudobatos lentiginosus (Garman 1880) (Atlantic guitarfish) Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Günther 1867) (Whitesnout guitarfish) Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum 1792) (Chola guitarfish) Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman 1880) (Pacific guitarfish) Pseudobatos prahli (Acero & Franke 1995) (Gorgona guitarfish) Pseudobatos productus (Ayres 1854) (Shovelnose guitarfish) Genus Tarsistes Jordan 1919 Tarsistes philippii Jordan 1919 Genus Acroteriobatus Giltay 1928 Acroteriobatus annulatus (Müller & Henle 1841) (lesser guitarfish) Acroteriobatus blochii (Müller & Henle 1841) (Bluntnose guitarfish) Acroteriobatus leucospilus (Norman 1926) (Gray-spotted guitarfish) Acroteriobatus ocellatus (Norman 1926) (speckled guitarfish) Acroteriobatus omanensis Last et al. 2016 Acroteriobatus salalah (Randall & Compagno 1995) (Salalah guitarfish) Acroteriobatus variegatus (Nair & Lal Mohan 1973) (Stripenose guitarfish) Acroteriobatus zanzibarensis (Norman 1926) (Zanzibar guitarfish) Genus Rhinobatos Linck 1790 Rhinobatos albomaculatus Norman 1930 (White-spotted guitarfish) Rhinobatos annandalei Norman 1926 (Annandale's guitarfish) Rhinobatos borneensis Last, Séret & Naylor 2016 Rhinobatos formosensis Norman 1926 (Taiwan guitarfish) Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Norman 1922 (Slender guitarfish) Rhinobatos hynnicephalus Richardson 1846 (Angel fish) Rhinobatos irvinei Norman 1931 (Spineback guitarfish) Rhinobatos jimbaranensis Last, White & Fahmi 2006 (Jimbaran shovelnose ray) Rhinobatos lionotus Norman 1926 (Smoothback guitarfish) Rhinobatos microphthalmus Teng 1959 (Small-eyed guitarfish) Rhinobatos manai White et al. 2016 Rhinobatos nudidorsalis Last, Compagno & Nakaya 2004 (Bareback shovelnose ray) Rhinobatos penggali Last, White & Fahmi 2006 (Indonesian shovelnose ray) Rhinobatos petiti Chabanaud 1929 (Madagascar guitarfish) Rhinobatos punctifer Compagno & Randall 1987 (Spotted guitarfish)