As of September 2016, the

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(IUCN) lists 9131

least concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

species. 60% of all evaluated fish species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 37 fish subspecies as least concern. Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 44 species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern. This is a complete list of least concern fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.

Lobe-finned fishes

* Gilled African lungfish (''Protopterus amphibius'') * West African lungfish (''Protopterus annectens'') * Spotted African lungfish (''Protopterus dolloi'')

Cartilaginous fishes

Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish. There are 313 species and two subpopulations of cartilaginous fish assessed as least concern.

Rays and skates

There are 148 species in the order

Rajiformes Rajiformes is one of the four orders in the superorder Batoidea, flattened cartilaginous fishes related to sharks. Rajiforms are distinguished by the presence of greatly enlarged pectoral fins, which reach as far forward as the sides of the head ...

assessed as least concern.

Guitarfish species

Eastern shovelnose ray The eastern shovelnose ray (''Aptychotrema rostrata'') is a species of guitarfish in the family Rhinobatidae of order Rhinopristiformes. The species is endemic to the east coast of Australia and inhabits subtropical and temperate waters from sou ...

(''Aptychotrema rostrata'') * Southern shovelnose ray (''Aptychotrema vincentiana'') *

Lesser guitarfish The lesser guitarfish or lesser sandshark (''Acroteriobatus annulatus'') is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is found in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine ...

(''Rhinobatos annulatus'') * Bluntnose guitarfish (''Rhinobatos blochii'') * Goldeneye shovelnose ray (''Rhinobatos sainsburyi'') * Southern fiddler ray (''Trygonorrhina dumerilli'') *

Eastern fiddler ray The eastern fiddler ray (''Trygonorrhina fasciata''), also called the banjo shark, fiddler ray, fiddler, green skate, magpie fiddler ray, parrit, southern fiddler ray or southern fiddler, is a species of fish in the Rhinobatidae family. It is en ...

(''Trygonorrhina fasciata'')

Whiptail stingrays

Short-tail stingray The short-tail stingray or smooth stingray (''Bathytoshia brevicaudata'') is a common species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It occurs off southern Africa, typically offshore at a depth of , and off southern Australia and New Zealand, fro ...

(''Dasyatis brevicaudata'') *

Roughtail stingray The roughtail stingray (''Bathytoshia centroura'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, with separate populations in coastal waters of the northwestern, eastern, and southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This bottom-dwelling species typica ...

(''Dasyatis centroura'') * Blue stingray (''Dasyatis chrysonota'') *

Broad stingray The Broad stingray (''Bathytoshia lata''), also known as the Brown stingray or Hawaiian stingray, is a species of stingray Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the subord ...

(''Dasyatis lata'') *

Atlantic stingray The Atlantic stingray (''Dasyatis sabina'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common along the Atlantic coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Mexico, including brackish and freshwater habitats. It may be distinguished fr ...

(''Dasyatis sabina'') * Bluntnose stingray (''Dasyatis say'') *

Thorntail stingray The thorntail stingray, black stingray, or longtail stingray (''Dasyatis thetidis'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found off southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand from the intertidal zone to a depth of . This bo ...

(''Dasyatis thetidis'') *

Black-spotted whipray The black-spotted whipray (''Maculabatis astra'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the coastal waters off southern New Guinea and northern Australia. Long thought to be a variant of the related brown whipray (''H. tosh ...

(''Himantura astra'') *

Freshwater whipray The freshwater whipray (''Urogymnus dalyensis'') is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in a number of large rivers and associated estuaries in northern Australia. Until recently, this species was regarded as a reg ...

(''Himantura dalyensis'') *

Brown whipray The brown whipray (''Maculabatis toshi'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, common in inshore, muddy habitats along the northern coast of Australia. It has often been confused in literature for the honeycomb stingray (''H. uar ...

(''Himantura toshi'') *

Painted maskray The painted maskray (''Neotrygon leylandi'') or brown-reticulate stingray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic bed ...

(''Neotrygon leylandi'') *

Peppered maskray The peppered maskray (''Neotrygon picta'') or speckled maskray, is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow waters off northeastern Australia. This small, thin-bodied ray attains a maximum width of . It has a diamond-sha ...

(''Neotrygon picta'') * Banana-tail ray (''Pastinachus ater'') *

Pelagic stingray The pelagic stingray (''Pteroplatytrygon violacea'') is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, and the sole member of its genus. It is characterized by the wedge-like shape of its pectoral fin disc, which is much wider than long, as we ...

(''Pteroplatytrygon violacea'')

Narcinids

* Blind torpedo (''Benthobatis marcida'') * Western numbfish (''Narcine lasti'') * Eastern numbfish (''Narcine nelsoni'') * Ornate numbfish (''Narcine ornata'') * Tasmanian numbfish (''Narcine tasmaniensis'') * Banded numbfish (''Narcine westraliensis'')

Skates

* Broad skate (''Amblyraja badia'') * Southern thorny skate (''Amblyraja doellojuradoi'') *

Arctic skate The Arctic skate (''Amblyraja hyperborea'') is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It lives near the seabed between 140 and 2,500 m deep in the Arctic Ocean and waters around Canada and northern and north-western Europe, in the northern Pac ...

(''Amblyraja hyperborea'') * Jensen's skate (''Amblyraja jenseni'') *

Bigmouth skate The bigmouth skate (''Amblyraja robertsi'') is a species of fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony ...

(''Amblyraja robertsi'') *

Big skate The big skate (''Beringraja binoculata'') is the largest species of skate (family Rajidae) in the waters off North America. They are found along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Baja California, typically from the intertidal zone to a depth of ...

(''Beringraja binoculata'') * Lempriere's skate (''Dentiraja lemprieri'') * Brown bight skate (''Dipturus acrobelus'') * Pale tropical skate (''Dipturus apricus'') * Graham's skate (''Dipturus grahami'') * Heald's skate (''Dipturus healdi'') * '' Dipturus oculus'' * Argus skate (''Dipturus polyommata'') * Slimeskate (''Dipturus pullopunctatus'') * Weng's skate (''Dipturus wengi'') * Dusky finless skate (''Gurgesiella furvescens'') *

Rosette skate The Rosette skate (''Leucoraja garmani'') is an abundant mid-depth skate. Etymology The skate is named in honor of American ichthyologist-herpetologist Samuel Garman (1843‒1927), of Harvard University. Distribution and habitat The Rosette S ...

(''Leucoraja garmani'') * Cuckoo skate (''Leucoraja naevus'') * Sawback skate (''Leucoraja pristispina'') * Yellospotted skate (''Leucoraja wallacei'') * Krefft's skate (''Malacoraja kreffti'') * Soft skate (''Malacoraja spinacidermis'') * Blue pygmy skate (''Neoraja caerulea'') * Iberian pygmy skate (''Neoraja iberica'') * Arafura skate (''Okamejei arafurensis'') * ''

Okamejei leptoura ''Okamejei'' is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae from the central and western Indo-Pacific, and the north-western Pacific Ocean. Species Three species formerly placed in this genus were moved to '' Orbiraja'' in 2016.Last, Weigma ...

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Clearnose skate The clearnose skate (''Rostroraja eglanteria'') is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rajidae. ''R. eglanteria'' is also known by other common names such as the brier skate and summer skate. Clearnose skates are easily identified by ...

(''Raja eglanteria'') *

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(''Raja inornata'') * Brown skate (''Raja miraletus'') * Spotted skate (''Raja montagui'') * Speckled ray (''Raja polystigma'') * '' Raja rhina'' * Pacific starry skate (''Raja stellulata'') * Bigthorn skate (''Rajella barnardi'') * ''

Rajella bathyphila The deepwater ray (''Rajella bathyphila''), also called the deepwater skate or abyssal skate, is a species of skate (fish), skate in the family Rajidae. Distribution The deepwater ray is bathydemersal; it has been recorded at , mostly below . I ...

'' * Bigelow's skate (''Rajella bigelowi'') * Challenger skate (''Rajella challengeri'') * Ghost skate (''Rajella dissimilis'') * Sooty skate (''Rajella fuliginea'') * Round ray (''Rajella fyllae'') * Mid-atlantic skate (''Rajella kukujevi'') * Leopard skate (''Rajella leopardus'') * Sailray (''Rajella lintea'') * Blackish skate (''Rajella nigerrima'') * Purplebelly skate (''Rajella purpuriventralis'') * Smoothback skate (''Rajella ravidula'') * New Zealand rough skate (''Zearaja nasutus)''

Urolophids

* Western shovelnose stingaree (''Trygonoptera mucosa'') * Striped stingaree (''Trygonoptera ovalis'') * Masked stingaree (''Trygonoptera personata'') * Common stingaree (''Trygonoptera testacea'') * Circular stingaree (''Urolophus circularis'') *

Crossback stingaree The crossback stingaree or banded stingaree (''Urolophus cruciatus'') is a species of stingray in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (l ...

(''Urolophus cruciatus'') * Chesterfield Island stingaree (''Urolophus deforgesi'') * Wide stingaree (''Urolophus expansus'') *

Patchwork stingaree The patchwork stingaree (''Urolophus flavomosaicus'') is a little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, with a disjunct distribution off northwestern and northeastern Australia. It usually inhabits the outer continental shelf, at ...

(''Urolophus flavomosaicus'') * Spotted stingaree (''Urolophus gigas'') * Lobed stingaree (''Urolophus lobatus'') *

Mitotic stingaree The mitotic stingaree (''Urolophus mitosis'') or blotched stingaree, is a little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, so named because it has light blue blotches on its back that resemble cells undergoing mitotic division. Though ...

(''Urolophus mitosis'') *

New Caledonian stingaree The New Caledonian stingaree (''Urolophus neocaledoniensis'') is a little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, found off New Caledonia and the adjacent Chesterfield Islands and Norfolk Ridge. This species reaches long and has a r ...

(''Urolophus neocaledoniensis'') *

Butterfly stingaree The butterfly stingaree (''Urolophus papilio'') is a little-known species of stingray in the family Urolophidae, endemic to the continental slope off the Chesterfield Islands. This species is characterized by a diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc mu ...

(''Urolophus papilio'') * Sparsely-spotted stingaree (''Urolophus paucimaculatus'') * Coral Sea stingaree (''Urolophus piperatus'') * Brown stingaree (''Urolophus westraliensis'')

Skates

Aleutian skate The Aleutian skate (''Bathyraja aleutica'') is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. It lives in depths ranging from 15 to 1602 meters in North Pacific Ocean from northern parts of Japan to the Aleutian Islands and southeastern Alaska ...

(''Bathyraja aleutica'') * Little-eyed skate (''Bathyraja andriashevi'') * Bottom skate (''Bathyraja bergi'') *

Broadnose skate Broadnose skate (''Bathyraja brachyurops'') is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae. This fish occurs on 28 to 604 meters, mostly at depths shallower than 250 meters, from Valdivia and Estrecho de Magallanes to Argentina and the Falkl ...

(''Bathyraja brachyurops'') * Duskypink skate (''Bathyraja diplotaenia'') * Cinnamon skate (''Bathyraja fedorovi'') * Bering skate (''Bathyraja interrupta'') * Challenger's skate (''Bathyraja isotrachys'') * Commander skate (''Bathyraja lindbergi'') * White-blotched skate (''Bathyraja maculata'') * ''

Bathyraja mariposa ''Bathyraja mariposa'', sometimes referred to as the butterfly skate, is a species of skate found in the Aleutian islands. It is overall a medium-brown color, lacks thorns on the disc and has indistinct thorns on the tail. It was discovered in ...

'' * Fine-spined skate (''Bathyraja microtrachys'') * Whitebrow skate (''Bathyraja minispinosa'') * Pallid skate (''Bathyraja pallida'') * ''

Bathyraja panthera ''Bathyraja panthera'', the leopard skate, is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Arhynchobatidae. It was first described as a new species in 2011, having been discovered in the Aleutian Islands at depths between . It is a moderately l ...

'' * Alaska skate (''Bathyraja parmifera'') * Richardson's ray (''Bathyraja richardsoni'') * Golden skate (''Bathyraja smirnovi'') * Pacific white skate (''Bathyraja spinosissima'') * Eremo skate (''Bathyraja trachouros'') * Roughtail skate (''Bathyraja trachura'') * Creamback skate (''Bathyraja tzinovskii'') * Western looseskin skate (''Insentiraja subtilispinosa'') * Southern round skate (''Irolita waitii'') * ''Notoraja azurea'' * Broken Ridge skate (''Notoraja lira'') * Blotched skate (''Notoraja sticta'') * Allens skate (''Pavoraja alleni'') * Mosaic skate (''Pavoraja mosaica'') * Peacock skate (''Pavoraja nitida'') * False peacock skate (''Pavoraja pseudonitida'') * Dusky skate (''Pavoraja umbrosa'') * Blotched sandskate (''Psammobatis bergi'') * Zipper sandskate (''Psammobatis extenta'') * Dapplebellied softnose skate (''Rhinoraja kujiensis'') * ''Rhinoraja longicauda'' * Oda skate (''Rhinoraja odai'') * ''Rhinoraja taranetzi''

Other Rajiformes species

* Blue-banded eagle ray (''Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus'') * Australian butterfly ray (''Gymnura australis'') * California butterfly ray (''Gymnura marmorata'') *

Sixgill stingray The sixgill stingray (''Hexatrygon bickelli'') is a species of stingray and the only extant member of the family Hexatrygonidae. Although several species of sixgill stingrays have been described historically, they may represent variations in a ...

(''Hexatrygon bickelli'') *

Coffin ray ''Hypnos monopterygius'', also known as the coffin ray or Australian numbfish, is a species of electric ray endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is common in inshore waters shallower than . It is the Monotypic taxon, sole member of its genu ...

(''Hypnos monopterygius'') *

Bat ray The bat ray (''Myliobatis californica'')Gill, T.N. (1865). "Note on the family of myliobatoids, and on a new species of ''Aetobatis''". ''Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y.'' 8, 135–138. is an eagle ray found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries and ...

(''Myliobatis californicus'') *

New Zealand eagle ray The New Zealand eagle ray or Australian eagle ray (''Myliobatis tenuicaudatus'') is an eagle ray of the family (biology), family Myliobatidae, found in bays, estuaries, and near rocky reefs around New Zealand and southern Australia on the inne ...

(''Myliobatis tenuicaudatus'') *

Thornback guitarfish The thornback guitarfish (''Platyrhinoidis triseriata'') is a species of ray in the family Platyrhinidae, and the only member of its genus. Despite its name and appearance, it is more closely related to electric rays than to true guitarfishes o ...

(''Platyrhinoidis triseriata'') *

Deepwater stingray The deepwater stingray or giant stingaree (''Plesiobatis daviesi'') is a species of stingray and the sole member of the family Plesiobatidae. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, typically over fine sediments on the upper continental ...

(''Plesiobatis daviesi'') *

Bigtooth river stingray The bigtooth river stingray or Tocantins River ray (''Potamotrygon henlei'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is endemic to the lower Tocantins basin and Araguaia basin in Brazil,Carvalho, M.R.d. (2016): Potamot ...

(''Potamotrygon henlei'') * Magdalena freshwater stingray (''Potamotrygon magdalenae'') * ''

Potamotrygon orbignyi ''Potamotrygon orbignyi'', the smooth back river stingray, is a species of river stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America. Etymology The genus name ''Potamotrygon'' comes from ...

'' * Borneo legskate (''Sinobatis borneensis'') * Western legskate (''Sinobatis bulbicauda'') * Blackbodied legskate (''Sinobatis melanosoma'') *

Pacific electric ray ''Tetronarce californica'' also known as the Pacific electric ray is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae, endemic to the coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to British Columbia. It generally inha ...

(''Tetronarce californica'') *

Round stingray The round stingray (''Urobatis halleri'') or Haller's round ray and Little round stingray is a species of Urotrygonidae, round ray, family Urotrygonidae, found in the coastal waters of the tropical and subtropical parts of the northeastern Pacif ...

(''Urobatis halleri'') *

Yellow stingray The yellow stingray (''Urobatis jamaicensis'') is a species of stingray in the family Urotrygonidae, found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Trinidad. This bottom-dwelling species inhabits sandy, muddy, or seagrass b ...

(''Urobatis jamaicensis'') * Smalleyed round stingray (''Urotrygon microphthalmum'')

Ground sharks

There are 79 ground shark species assessed as least concern.

Requiem sharks

Creek whaler The creek whaler (''Carcharhinus fitzroyensis'') is a common species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, endemic to northern Australia. It frequents shallow waters close to shore, including estuaries. This small, stocky shark ...

(''Carcharhinus fitzroyensis'') *

Finetooth shark The finetooth shark (''Carcharhinus isodon'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina to Brazil. It forms large schools in shallow, coastal waters, and migrates season ...

(''Carcharhinus isodon'') *

Australian blacktip shark The Australian blacktip shark (''Carcharhinus tilstoni'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, endemic to northern and eastern Australia. Favoring the upper and middle parts of the water column, it can be found from the i ...

(''Carcharhinus tilstoni'') *

Sliteye shark The sliteye shark (''Loxodon macrorhinus'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic ...

(''Loxodon macrorhinus'') *

Caribbean sharpnose shark The Caribbean sharpnose shark (''Rhizoprionodon porosus'') is a requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. Distribution and habitat It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean The Caribbean ...

(''Rhizoprionodon porosus'') *

Australian sharpnose shark The Australian sharpnose shark (''Rhizoprionodon taylori'') is a requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia Australi ...

(''Rhizoprionodon taylori'') *

Atlantic sharpnose shark The Atlantic sharpnose shark (''Rhizoprionodon terraenovae'') is a requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae, found in the subtropical waters of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, between latitudes 43°N and 18°N. Description The Atlantic shar ...

(''Rhizoprionodon terraenovae'')

Houndsharks

Whiskery shark The whiskery shark (''Furgaleus macki'') is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae, and the only member of its genus. This common shark inhabits the Australian continental shelf from Western Australia to the Bass Strait, to a depth o ...

(''Furgaleus macki'') *

Sicklefin houndshark The sicklefin houndshark (''Hemitriakis falcata'') is a rare houndshark of the family Triakidae, endemic to Western Australia. The holotype was collected from a depth of Its reproduction is ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipar ...

(''Hemitriakis falcata'') *

Japanese topeshark The Japanese topeshark (''Hemitriakis japanica'') is a species of houndshark, in the family (biology), family Triakidae. It can reach a length of up to 1.1 m. It is found in the subtropical northwest Pacific from China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, b ...

(''Hemitriakis japanica'') *

Blacktip tope The blacktip tope (''Hypogaleus hyugaensis''), also known as pencil shark or blacktip topeshark, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus ''Hypogaleus''. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelf in ...

(''Hypogaleus hyugaensis'') *

Longnose houndshark The longnose houndshark (''Iago garricki'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the western Pacific off northern Australia and Vanuatu, between latitude In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north– s ...

(''Iago garricki'') *

Bigeye houndshark The bigeye houndshark (''Iago omanensis'') is a species of houndshark, belonging to the family Triakidae. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelves in the western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea to southwestern India, between lati ...

(''Iago omanensis'') * Gummy shark (''Mustelus antarcticus'') *

Starry smooth-hound The starry smooth-hound (''Mustelus asterias'') is a houndshark of the family (biology), family Houndshark, Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the northeast Atlantic, between latitudes 61st parallel north, 61° N and 16th parall ...

(''Mustelus asterias'') *

Grey smooth-hound The gray smooth-hound (''Mustelus californicus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, between latitude In ge ...

(''Mustelus californicus'') * Brown smooth-hound (''Mustelus henlei'') * Smalleye smooth-hound (''Mustelus higmani'') * Spotted estuary smooth-hound (''Mustelus lenticulatus'') * Sicklefin smooth-hound (''Mustelus lunulatus'') * Australian grey smooth-hound (''Mustelus ravidus'') * Western spotted gummy shark (''Mustelus stevensi'') *

Banded houndshark The banded houndshark (''Triakis scyllium'') is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae, common in the northwestern Pacific Ocean from the southern Russian Far East to Taiwan. Found on or near the bottom, it favors shallow coastal habit ...

(''Triakis scyllium'') * Leopard shark (''Triakis semifasciata'')

Catsharks

* White-bodied catshark (''Apristurus albisoma'') *

Roughskin catshark The roughskin catshark (''Apristurus ampliceps'') is a species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae found near Australia and New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. This species belongs to a genus of poorly known deep-water catsh ...

(''Apristurus ampliceps'') *

White ghost catshark The white ghost catshark (''Apristurus aphyodes'') is a shark of the catshark family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the northeast Atlantic between latitudes 57°N and 58°N. A deep-water catshark known from the eastern North Atlantic fr ...

(''Apristurus aphyodes'') *

Pinocchio catshark The Pinocchio catshark (''Apristurus australis'') is a species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae found in Australia and possibly New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. It belongs to a genus of poorly known deep-water sharks. V ...

(''Apristurus australis'') *

Flaccid catshark The flaccid catshark (''Apristurus exsanguis'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is endemic to the waters around New Zealand. Distribution This species is found only around New Zealand, although this species' collection records ...

(''Apristurus exsanguis'') *

Longhead catshark The longhead catshark or smoothbelly catshark (''Apristurus longicephalus'') is a species of catshark, family Scyliorhinidae, with a patchy distribution in the Indo-Pacific from Mozambique to southern Japan to northern Australia. It is found in w ...

(''Apristurus longicephalus'') *

Ghost catshark The ghost catshark (''Apristurus manis'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental slopes in the northwest Atlantic off Massachusetts, the northeast Atlantic from the Porcupine Bank west of Ireland and the southern Atla ...

(''Apristurus manis'') * Black roughscale catshark (''Apristurus melanoasper'') * Smalleye catshark (''Apristurus microps'') *

Fat catshark The bulldog catshark (''Apristurus pinguis'') is a catshark of the family (biology), family Scyliorhinidae, found in the deep waters of the East China Sea and in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, Pacific. In New Zealand waters it is found at the Reing ...

(''Apristurus pinguis'') * Spatulasnout catshark (''Apristurus platyrhynchus'') *

Saldanha catshark The Saldanha catshark (''Apristurus saldanha'') is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. This catshark is found from Cape Columbine to south of False Bay in South Africa, between 31 and 40°S. Its length is up to 88 c ...

(''Apristurus saldanha'') *

Australian spotted catshark The Australian spotted catshark (''Asymbolus analis'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only around Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the ...

(''Asymbolus analis'') *

Starry catshark The starry catshark (''Asymbolus galacticus'') is a species of fish in the family Scyliorhinidae found in New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt ...

(''Asymbolus galacticus'') *

Western spotted catshark The western spotted catshark (''Asymbolus occiduus'') is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only around southwestern Australia, at depths between 100 and 400 m. Males can grow up to 60cm in length, while females have a maximum lengt ...

(''Asymbolus occiduus'') *

Pale spotted catshark The pale spotted catshark, ''Asymbolus pallidus'', is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found only off Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Au ...

(''Asymbolus pallidus'') * ''

Asymbolus parvus The dwarf catshark (''Asymbolus parvus'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found only off the coast of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of th ...

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Orange-spotted catshark The orange-spotted catshark or rusty catshark (''Asymbolus rubiginosus''), is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found only off the coast of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) i ...

(''Asymbolus rubiginosus'') *

Variegated catshark The variegated catshark (''Asymbolus submaculatus'') is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found off New South Wales and Western Australia at depths between 30 and 200 m. Its length is up to 41 cm. The reproduction of this catshark ...

(''Asymbolus submaculatus'') *

Gulf catshark The gulf catshark (''Asymbolus vincenti'') is a species of catshark Catsharks are ground sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. They are the largest family of sharks with around 160 species placed in 17 genera. Although they are generally known a ...

(''Asymbolus vincenti'') * Banded sand catshark (''Atelomycterus fasciatus'') *

Australian marbled catshark The Australian marbled catshark (''Atelomycterus macleayi'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, endemic to Western Australia between latitude In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies ...

(''Atelomycterus macleayi'') * Australian blackspotted catshark (''Aulohalaelurus labiosus'') * Australian reticulate swellshark (''Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum'') *

Draughtsboard shark The draughtsboard shark (''Cephaloscyllium isabellum'') is a species of catshark, and part of the family (biology), family Catshark, Scyliorhinidae, so named for its "checkerboard" color pattern of dark blotches. It is Endemism, endemic to New ...

(''Cephaloscyllium isabellum'') * Australian swellshark (''Cephaloscyllium laticeps'') * Balloon shark (''Cephaloscyllium sufflans'') *

Swellshark The swell shark (''Cephaloscyllium ventriosum'') is a catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean from between central California to southern Mexico, with an additional population off ...

(''Cephaloscyllium ventriosum'') *

Australian sawtail catshark The Australian sawtail catshark (''Figaro boardmani'') is a common species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae, endemic to southern Australian waters. It is found on or near the bottom of the outer continental shelf and upper con ...

(''Figaro boardmani'') * Roughtail catshark (''Galeus arae'') *

Gecko catshark The gecko catshark (''Galeus eastmani'') is a species of catshark, part of the family Scyliorhinidae, native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Taiwan, and possibly also off Vietnam. It is a common, demersal species found a ...

(''Galeus eastmani'') *

Blackmouth catshark The blackmouth catshark (''Galeus melastomus'') is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea. It is typically found over the c ...

(''Galeus melastomus'') *

Mouse catshark The mouse catshark (''Galeus murinus'') is a species of catshark and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is common in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Western Sahara. There is much taxonomic confusion regarding this species in I ...

(''Galeus murinus'') * Peppered catshark (''Galeus piperatus'') * African sawtail catshark (''Galeus polli'') * Phallic catshark (''Galeus priapus'') * Indonesian speckled catshark (''Halaelurus maculosus'') * Rusty catshark (''Halaelurus sellus'') *

Dark shyshark The dark shyshark or pretty happy (''Haploblepharus pictus'') is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, endemic to the temperate waters off southern Namibia and western South Africa. It is benthic in nature and inhabits ...

(''Haploblepharus pictus'') * Izak catshark (''Holohalaelurus regani'') *

Filetail catshark The filetail catshark (''Parmaturus xaniurus'') is an Eastern Pacific endemic deepwater catshark ranging from Oregon to the Gulf of California. Adults are epibenthic and found near areas of rocky vertical relief over soft mud bottoms on the outer ...

(''Parmaturus xaniurus'') *

Narrowtail catshark The narrowtail catshark (''Schroederichthys maculatus'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found off the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua, between latitudes 18° N and 10° N, at depths between . It can grow up to a length of . The r ...

(''Schroederichthys maculatus'') * Boa catshark (''Scyliorhinus boa'') *

Small-spotted catshark The small-spotted catshark (''Scyliorhinus canicula''), also known as the sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay (in Scotland and Cornwall), is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves ...

(''Scyliorhinus canicula'') * Chain catshark (''Scyliorhinus retifer'') *

Cloudy catshark The cloudy catshark (''Scyliorhinus torazame'') is a common species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. It is a bottom-dweller that inhabits rocky reefs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, from the shore to a depth of . Growing ...

(''Scyliorhinus torazame'') *

Dwarf catshark The dwarf catshark (''Scyliorhinus torrei'') is a catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found off the coast of southern Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba and is also known as the whitespotted catshark and Cuban catshark. Descri ...

(''Scyliorhinus torrei'')

Other ground shark species

Pygmy ribbontail catshark The pygmy ribbontail catshark (''Eridacnis radcliffei'') is a species of finback catshark, family Proscylliidae, distributed patchily in the western Indo-Pacific from Tanzania to the Philippines. It occurs around the edges of continental and ins ...

(''Eridacnis radcliffei'') *

African ribbontail catshark The African ribbontail catshark, ''Eridacnis sinuans'', is a finback catshark of the family Proscylliidae, found in the western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania, South Africa, and Mozambique, at depths between 180 and 480 m. It can grow up to a l ...

(''Eridacnis sinuans'') * Slender smooth-hound (''Gollum attenuatus'') *

Australian weasel shark The Australian weasel shark (''Hemigaleus australiensis'') is an uncommon species of ground shark in the family Hemigaleidae. It inhabits shallow waters off northern Australia to a depth of ; smaller sharks frequent sand and seagrass habitat an ...

(''Hemigaleus australiensis'') * False catshark (''Pseudotriakis microdon'')

Carpet sharks

Blind shark The blind shark (''Brachaelurus waddi'') is one of two species of carpet sharks in the family Brachaeluridae, along with the bluegrey carpetshark (''Brachaelurus colcloughi''). Found along the coast of eastern Australia, this nocturnal, botto ...

(''Brachaelurus waddi'') *

Tasselled wobbegong The tasselled wobbegong (''Eucrossorhinus dasypogon'') is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae and the only member of its genus. It inhabits shallow coral reefs off northern Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. Reaching ...

(''Eucrossorhinus dasypogon'') * Epaulette shark (''Hemiscyllium ocellatum'') * Speckled carpetshark (''Hemiscyllium trispeculare'') *

Floral banded wobbegong The floral banded wobbegong (''Orectolobus floridus'') is a recently described species of carpet shark found in the Indian Ocean off southwestern Australia. With a maximum length of up to , it is among the smallest wobbegongs. References fl ...

(''Orectolobus floridus'') * Gulf wobbegong (''Orectolobus halei'') * Western wobbegong (''Orectolobus hutchinsi'') * Spotted wobbegong (''Orectolobus maculatus'') * Ornate wobbegong (''Orectolobus ornatus'') *

Dwarf spotted wobbegong The dwarf spotted wobbegong (''Orectolobus parvimaculatus'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, described in 2008. It is found at depths of off south-western Australia. It reaches a total length of . See also * List of sharks Sh ...

(''Orectolobus parvimaculatus'') *

Northern wobbegong The northern wobbegong (''Orectolobus wardi'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between latitudes 9° S to 26° S. It reaches a length of 63 cm. Captivity Northern wobb ...

(''Orectolobus wardi'') * Collared carpetshark (''Parascyllium collare'') * Rusty carpetshark (''Parascyllium ferrugineum'') *

Necklace carpetshark The necklace carpetshark (''Parascyllium variolatum''), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S. It is found nea ...

(''Parascyllium variolatum'') *

Cobbler wobbegong The cobbler wobbegong, ''Sutorectus tentaculatus'', is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, the only member of the genus ''Sutorectus''. It is found in the subtropical eastern Indian Ocean around Western Australia between latitudes 26° ...

(''Sutorectus tentaculatus'')

Squaliformes

There are 34 species and two subpopulations in the order Squaliformes assessed as least concern.

Centrophorids

Species *

Birdbeak dogfish The birdbeak dogfish (''Deania calcea'') is a dogfish shark of the family Centrophoridae found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan, southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland south to the Cape ...

(''Deania calcea'') *

Arrowhead dogfish The arrowhead dogfish (''Deania profundorum'') is a small little known deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The arrowhead dogfish has an extremely long angular snout, no anal fin, small first dorsal and lon ...

(''Deania profundorum'') Subpopulations *

Smallfin gulper shark The smallfin gulper shark (''Centrophorus moluccensis'') is a medium-sized deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The smallfin gulper has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, long free rear tips on pectora ...

(''Centrophorus moluccensis'') (1 subpopulation)

Squalids

Species * Northern spiny dogfish (''Squalus griffini'') * Blacktailed spurdog (''Squalus melanurus'') * Kermadec spiny dogfish (''Squalus raoulensis'') * North Pacific spiny dogfish (''Squalus suckleyi'') Subpopulations * Spiny dogfish (''Squalus acanthias'') (2 subpopulations)

Somniosids

Roughskin dogfish The roughskin dogfish (''Centroscymnus owstonii'') is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,500 m. It reaches a lengt ...

(''Centroscymnus owstonii'') * Longnose velvet dogfish (''Centroselachus crepidater'')

Dalatiids

Pygmy shark The pygmy shark (''Euprotomicrus bispinatus''), the second-smallest of all the shark species after the dwarf lanternshark, is a squaliform shark of the family Dalatiidae, the only member of the genus ''Euprotomicrus''. Their lengths are up to ...

(''Euprotomicrus bispinatus'') * Longnose pygmy shark (''Heteroscymnoides marleyi'') * Cookiecutter shark (''Isistius brasiliensis'') *

Largetooth cookiecutter shark The largetooth cookiecutter shark (''Isistius plutodus'') is a rare species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae, reported from depths of at scattered locations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As its common name suggests, it is simi ...

(''Isistius plutodus'') *

Smalleye pygmy shark The smalleye pygmy shark (''Squaliolus aliae'') is a little-known species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae, found in water deep near Japan, the Philippines, and Australia. It migrates vertically daily, spending the day in deep wate ...

(''Squaliolus aliae'') *

Spined pygmy shark The spined pygmy shark (''Squaliolus laticaudus'') is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans. Growing no larger than roughly , it is one of the smallest sharks alive, with this record beaten by the dwar ...

(''Squaliolus laticaudus'')

Etmopterids

Black dogfish The black dogfish (''Centroscyllium fabricii'') is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. It is common over the outer continental shelf and continental slope at depths of . Females generally inhabit deeper water than males, and de ...

(''Centroscyllium fabricii'') *

New Zealand lanternshark The New Zealand lanternshark (''Etmopterus baxteri'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found off New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses� ...

(''Etmopterus baxteri'') * Blurred lanternshark (''Etmopterus bigelowi'') * Tailspot lanternshark (''Etmopterus caudistigmus'') * Pink lanternshark (''Etmopterus dianthus'') * ''

Etmopterus dislineatus ''Etmopterus dislineatus'', sometimes called the lined lanternshark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the central Coral Sea at depths of between 590 and 800 m. Its length is up to 45 cm. Reproduction is ovoviviparous Ovov ...

'' * Blackmouth lanternshark (''Etmopterus evansi'') * Pygmy lanternshark (''Etmopterus fusus'') *

Broadbanded lanternshark The broadbanded lanternshark (''Etmopterus gracilispinis'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western and southeast Atlantic, between latitudes 40°N and 45°S, at depths of between 70 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 35 ...

(''Etmopterus gracilispinis'') *

Southern lanternshark The southern lanternshark (''Etmopterus granulosus'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m. This species has been found off Northland, off ...

(''Etmopterus granulosus'') *

Caribbean lanternshark The Caribbean lanternshark (''Etmopterus hillianus'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern and western Atlantic at depths between 180 and 720 m. Its length is up to 50 cm. Reproduction is ovoviviparous Ovoviviparit ...

(''Etmopterus hillianus'') * Blackbelly lanternshark (''Etmopterus lucifer'') * False lanternshark (''Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus'') * Smooth lanternshark (''Etmopterus pusillus'') * West Indian lanternshark (''Etmopterus robinsi'') *

Fringefin lanternshark The fringefin lanternshark (''Etmopterus schultzi'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic from Texas to Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico. It is endemic to this area. It is a deep water shark and ...

(''Etmopterus schultzi'') * Thorny lanternshark (''Etmopterus sentosus'') *

Velvet belly lanternshark The velvet belly lanternshark (or simply velvet belly) (''Etmopterus spinax'') is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. One of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the velvet belly is found from Ic ...

(''Etmopterus spinax'') * Hawaiian lanternshark (''Etmopterus villosus'') *

Green lanternshark The green lanternshark (''Etmopterus virens'') is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, found in the western central Atlantic Ocean. This species usually occurs on the upper continental slope below a depth of . Reaching in lengt ...

(''Etmopterus virens'')

Chimaeras

There are 23 Chimaera species assessed as least concern.

Chimaerids

* Whitefin chimaera (''Chimaera argiloba'') *

Southern chimaera The southern chimaera (''Chimaera fulva'') is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae. It lives in Australia, usually in marine waters 780 to 1095 meters deep. It can grow to a maximum length of at least 100 centimeters, and is sometimes con ...

(''Chimaera fulva'') * Carpenter's chimaera (''Chimaera lignaria'') *

Longspine chimaera The longspine chimaera (''Chimaera macrospina'') is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae. It is found off of the eastern and western coasts of Australia, and lives in tropical and temperate waters 435–1,300 meters deep. Males and female ...

(''Chimaera macrospina'') * Cape chimaera (''Chimaera notafricana'') * Small-eyed rabbitfish (''Hydrolagus affinis'') * Pale ghost shark (''Hydrolagus bemisi'') *

Spotted ratfish The spotted ratfish (''Hydrolagus colliei'') is a chimaera found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean. Often seen by divers at night in the Pacific Northwest, this cartilaginous fish gets its characteristic name from a pointed rat-like tail. The r ...

(''Hydrolagus colliei'') *

Black ghostshark The black ghostshark (''Hydrolagus homonycteris''), also known as the black chimaera, is a chimaera species within the family Chimaeridae. The species lives off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in depths ...

(''Hydrolagus homonycteris'') *

Bight ghostshark The bight ghostshark or blackfin ghostshark (''Hydrolagus lemures'') is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters of Australia from Queensland to Western Australia where it is found near the ocean floor of the continental shelf and upper slope. ...

(''Hydrolagus lemures'') * ''

Hydrolagus lusitanicus ''Hydrolagus'' is a genus of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.Weigmann, S. (2016)Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeog ...

'' * Marbled ghostshark (''Hydrolagus marmoratus'') * Eastern Pacific ghostshark (''Hydrolagus melanophasma'') *

Dark ghostshark The dark ghostshark (''Hydrolagus novaezealandiae'') is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand. In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the ...

(''Hydrolagus novaezealandiae'') * Pale chimaera (''Hydrolagus pallidus'') * Pointy-nosed blue chimaera (''Hydrolagus trolli'')

Callorhinchids

* American elephantfish (''Callorhinchus callorynchus'') *

Cape elephantfish The Cape elephantfish, josef, or St Joseph shark (''Callorhinchus capensis'') is a species of fish in the family Callorhinchidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southe ...

(''Callorhinchus capensis'') *

Australian ghostshark The Australian ghostshark (''Callorhinchus milii'') is a cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) belonging to the subclass Holocephali (chimaera). Sharks, rays and skates are the other members of the cartilaginous fish group and are grouped under the ...

(''Callorhinchus milii'')

Rhinochimaerids

* Smallspine spookfish (''Harriotta haeckeli'') *

Narrownose chimaera The narrownose chimaera (''Harriotta raleighana'') is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae, the longnose chimaeras, consisting of eight species belonging three genera. This species is found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths bet ...

(''Harriotta raleighana'') *

Broadnose chimaera The broadnose chimaera, knifenose chimaera, spearnose chimaera, or straightnose rabbitfish (''Rhinochimaera atlantica'') is a species of fish in the family Rhinochimaeridae found near Canada, Colombia, France, Gambia, Iceland, Mauritania, Mexico, ...

(''Rhinochimaera atlantica'') * Pacific spookfish (''Rhinochimaera pacifica'')

Other cartilaginous fish species

Frilled shark The frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus anguineus'') and the southern African frilled shark (''Chlamydoselachus africana'') are the two extant species of shark in the family '' Chlamydoselachidae''. The frilled shark is considered a living fossil, ...

(''Chlamydoselachus anguineus'') *

Crested bullhead shark The crested bullhead shark (''Heterodontus galeatus'') is an uncommon species of bullhead shark, in the family Heterodontidae. It lives off the coast of eastern Australia from the coast to a depth of . This shark can be distinguished from other ...

(''Heterodontus galeatus'') *

Japanese bullhead shark The Japanese bullhead shark (''Heterodontus japonicus'') is a species of bullhead shark in the family Heterodontidae found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Japan, Korea, and China. This benthic shark occurs at depths of over ...

(''Heterodontus japonicus'') * Port Jackson shark (''Heterodontus portusjacksoni'') *

Zebra bullhead shark The zebra bullhead shark (''Heterodontus zebra'') is a bullhead shark of the family (biology), family Heterodontidae found in the central Indo-Pacific between latitudes 40th parallel north, 40°N and 20th parallel south, 20°S, from Japan and Kor ...

(''Heterodontus zebra'') *

Salmon shark The salmon shark (''Lamna ditropis'') is a species of Lamnidae, mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon, squid, sablefish, and herring. It is known for its ability to maintain stom ...

(''Lamna ditropis'') * Bigeye sand tiger shark (''Odontaspis noronhai'') * Megamouth shark (''Megachasma pelagios'') *

Goblin shark The goblin shark (''Mitsukurina owstoni'') is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned anima ...

(''Mitsukurina owstoni'') *

Longnose sawshark The longnose sawshark (''Pristiophorus cirratus'') or common sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. Description The longnose sawshark has a slender, slightly flattened body with a very long rostrum that can make up to 30% of its ...

(''Pristiophorus cirratus'') *

Tropical sawshark The tropical sawshark, ''Pristiophorus delicatus'', is a recently described species of sawshark, family Pristiophoridae, formerly known in literature as ''Pristiophorus'' sp. B. It is endemic to northeastern Australia, found on the upper con ...

(''Pristiophorus delicatus'') *

Shortnose sawshark The shortnose sawshark, (''Pristiophorus nudipinnis'') or southern sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. The body of this shark is slightly compressed, and its rostrum is narrow. The two dorsal fins are almost identical in size ...

(''Pristiophorus nudipinnis'') * Australian angelshark (''Squatina australis'') * Western angelshark (''Squatina pseudocellata'') * Ornate angelshark (''Squatina tergocellata'')

Lampreys

Ray-finned fishes

There are 8759 species, 34 subspecies, and one subpopulation of ray-finned fish assessed as least concern.

Salmoniformes

Species Subpopulations *

Sockeye salmon The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a P ...

(''Oncorhynchus nerka'') (41 subpopulations)

Silversides

There are 47 silverside species assessed as least concern.

Atherinidae

Melanotaeniidae

Neotropical silversides

Other silverside species

Toothcarps

There are 206 species and two subspecies of toothcarp assessed as least concern.

Goodeids

* Green goodea (''Goodea atripinnis'') * Lennon's ilyodon (''Ilyodon lennoni'')

Pupfish species

Aplocheilids

Rivulids

Nothobranchiids

Species Subspecies *''Aphyosemion cameronense halleri'' *Dusky panchax (''Epiplatys chevalieri nigricans'')

Poeciliids

Fundulids

Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes includes carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. There are 1231 species and three subspecies in the order Cypriniformes assessed as least concern.

Hillstream loaches

True loaches

Cyprinids

Species Subspecies

Psilorhynchids

Suckers

Gyrinocheilids

* Honey sucker (''Gyrinocheilus aymonieri'') * Spotted algae eater (''Gyrinocheilus pennocki'')

Vaillantellids

*'' Vaillantella maassi''

Gasterosteiformes

Osmeriformes

Osmeriformes includes freshwater smelts and allies. There are 90 species in the order Osmeriformes assessed as least concern.

Galaxiids

Smelts

Alepocephalids

Argentinidae

Platytroctids

Deep-sea smelts

Barreleyes

Microstomatids

Other Osmeriformes species

Percopsiformes

Catfishes

There are 707 catfish species assessed as least concern.

Ictalurids

Pangasiidae

Heptapterids

Astroblepids

Sisorids

Silurids

Trichomycterids

Loach catfishes

Claroteids

Airbreathing catfishes

Loricariids

Mochokids

Electric catfish species

Ariids

Bagrids

Schilbeids

Callichthyids

Doradids

Driftwood catfishes

Erethistids

Pseudopimelodids

Other catfish species

Gonorynchiformes

Batrachoidiformes

Perciformes

There are 3878 species and 18 subspecies in the order Perciformes assessed as least concern.

Beloniformes

There are 74 species and seven subspecies in the order Beloniformes assessed as least concern.

Ricefishes

Halfbeaks

Needlefishes

Species Subspecies

Flying fish

Species Subspecies *

California flying fish The California flying fish, ''Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus'', is a subspecies of Bennett's flying fish. Prior to the 1970s, the California flying fish was known as a distinct species, with the scientific classification ''Cypselurus cal ...

(''Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus'')

Scomberesocids

Atlantic saury The Atlantic saury (''Scomberesox saurus'') is a fish of the family Scomberesocidae found in the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada south to Bermuda and North Carolina in the western Atlantic and from Iceland to Morocco ...

(''Scomberesox saurus'') *Dwarf Atlantic saury (''Scomberesox simulans'')

Synbranchiformes

There are 52 species in the order Synbranchiformes assessed as least concern.

Swamp eels

Mastacembelids

Gymnotiformes

Osteoglossiformes

There are 127 species in the order Osteoglossiformes assessed as least concern.

Mormyrids

Notopterids

Other Osteoglossiformes species

Gobiesociformes

Characiformes

There are 354 species in the order Characiformes assessed as least concern.

Bryconids

Curimatids

Alestids

Lebiasinids

Distichodontids

Characids

Citharinids

Anostomids

Crenuchids

Other Characiformes species

Syngnathiformes

Syngnathiformes includes the pipefishes and seahorses. There are 102 species and one subspecies in the order Syngnathiformes assessed as least concern.

Syngnathids

Species Subspecies *Black-sided pipefish (''Doryrhamphus excisus excisus'')

Centriscids

Aulostomids

Cornetfishes

Clupeiformes

There are 143 species and one subspecies in the order Clupeiformes assessed as least concern.

Clupeids

Species Subspecies *

Peruvian Pacific sardine The Peruvian Pacific sardine (scientific name ''Sardinops sagax sagax'') is a subspecies of the South American pilchard found in Peru. Related subspecies and species of international importance include '' Sardinops sagax caeruleus'' (USA), '' Sar ...

(''Sardinops sagax sagax'')

Pristigasterids

Anchovies

Sundasalangids

*Mekong noodlefish (''Sundasalanx mekongensis'') *Dwarf noodlefish (''Sundasalanx praecox'')

Scorpaeniformes

There are 175 species in the order Scorpaeniformes assessed as least concern.

Cottids

Scorpaenids

Triglids

Other Scorpaeniformes species

Esociformes

Ophidiiformes

There are 123 species in the order Ophidiiformes assessed as least concern.

Brotulas

Ophidiidae

Aphyonids

* Gelatinous blindfish (''Aphyonus gelatinosus'')

Pearlfishes

Parabrotulids

*''Parabrotula plagiophthalma''

Tetraodontiformes

There are 208 species and two subspecies in the order Tetraodontiformes assessed as least concern.

Molids

Sharptail mola The sharptail mola (''Masturus lanceolatus'') is a species of mola found circumglobally in tropical and temperate waters. It is similar in appearance to the ocean sunfish (''Mola mola''), but can be distinguished by the projection on its clavus ...

(''Masturus lanceolatus'') *

Slender sunfish The slender sunfish (''Ranzania laevis'') is a mola of the family Molidae, the only extant member of the genus ''Ranzania'',Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the ...

(''Ranzania laevis'')

Triggerfishes

Tetraodontids

Filefish species

Ostraciids

Porcupinefish

Species Subspecies *Guinean burrfish (''Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus'') *Brown burrfish (''Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus'')

Aracanids

*Chubby basketfish (''Anoplocapros inermis'')

Spikefishes

Gadiformes

There are 91 species in the order Gadiformes assessed as least concern.

Gadids

Merlucciids

Grenadiers species

Morids

Codlets

Lotids

Melanonids

*Arrowtail (''Melanonus zugmayeri'')

Phycids

Mullets

Bichirs

Eels

There are 229 eel species assessed as least concern.

Chlopsids

Ophichthids

Congrids

Moray eels

Cutthroat eels

Nettastomatids

Heterenchelyids

Other eel species

Flatfishes

There are 167 flatfish species assessed as least concern.

Pleuronectids

Soleids

Tonguefishes

Paralichthyids

American soles

Bothids

Citharids

* Yellow-dappled flounder (''Brachypleura novaezeelandiae'') * Atlantic spotted flounder (''Citharus linguatula'')

Scophthalmids

Norwegian topknot ''Phrynorhombus norvegicus'', the Norwegian topknot, is a species of turbot native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. References * Scophthalmida ...

(''Phrynorhombus norvegicus'')

Anglerfishes

There are 87 anglerfish species assessed as least concern.

Goosefish species

Frogfishes

Oneirodids

Ogcocephalids

Whipnose anglers

Leftvents

Other anglerfish species

Beryciformes

There are 71 species in the order Beryciformes assessed as least concern.

Holocentrids

Other Beryciformes species

Stephanoberyciformes

Aulopiformes

There are 81 species in the order Aulopiformes assessed as least concern.

Notosudids

Barracudinas

Ipnopids

Pearleyes

Synodontids

Other Aulopiformes species

Notacanthiformes

Zeiformes

Stomiiformes

There are 141 species in the order Stomiiformes assessed as least concern.

Sternoptychids

Stomiids

Gonostomatids

Phosichthyids

Cetomimiformes

Myctophiformes

There are 98 species in the order

Myctophiformes The Myctophiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes consisting of two families of deep-sea marine fish, most notably the highly abundant lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The blackchins (Neoscopelidae) contain six species in three genera, while t ...

assessed as least concern.

Lanternfishes

* Glacier lantern fish (''Benthosema glaciale'') * Skinnycheek lanternfish (''Benthosema pterotum'') * ''

Benthosema suborbitale ''Benthosema suborbitale'' is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. References Myctophidae Fish described in 1913 {{Myctophiformes-stub ...

'' * '' Bolinichthys distofax'' * Smoothcheek lanternfish (''Bolinichthys indicus'') * Spurcheek lanternfish (''Bolinichthys photothorax'') * Stubby lanternfish (''Bolinichthys supralateralis'') * ''

Centrobranchus nigroocellatus ''Centrobranchus'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Centrobranchus andreae'' ( Lütken, 1892) (Andre's lanternfish) * ''Centrobranchus brevirostris'' Becker, 1964 * ''Centrobranchus cho ...

'' * Madeira lantern fish (''Ceratoscopelus maderensis'') * Warming's lantern fish (''Ceratoscopelus warmingii'') * Andersen's lanternfish (''Diaphus anderseni'') * Bertelsen's lanternfish (''Diaphus bertelseni'') * ''

Diaphus brachycephalus ''Diaphus'' is a genus of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myc ...

'' * Crown lanternfish (''Diaphus diadematus'') * '' Diaphus effulgens'' * '' Diaphus fragilis'' * Garman's lanternfish (''Diaphus garmani'') * Small lantern fish (''Diaphus holti'') * '' Diaphus hudsoni'' * '' Diaphus lucidus'' * Lutkens lanternfish (''Diaphus luetkeni'') * '' Diaphus meadi'' *

Spothead lantern fish The spothead lantern fish (''Diaphus metopoclampus''), also called the bluntnose lanternfish, is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae (lanternfish). Its specific name is from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (''metōpon'', "forehead") and λ ...

(''Diaphus metopoclampus'') * Soft lanternfish (''Diaphus mollis'') * '' Diaphus ostenfeldi'' * '' Diaphus perspicillatus'' *

Problematic lanternfish ''Diaphus problematicus'', the problematic lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctop ...

(''Diaphus problematicus'') *

White-spotted lantern fish The white-spotted lantern fish (''Diaphus rafinesquii''), also called Rafinesque's lanternfish, is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. Etymology Its specific name refers to the polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783–1840). Desc ...

(''Diaphus rafinesquii'') * '' Diaphus splendidus'' * ''

Diaphus termophilus ''Diaphus termophilus'', also known as Taaning's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family ...

'' * Vanhoffen's lanternfish (''Diaphus vanhoeffeni'') * Longfin lanternfish (''Diogenichthys atlanticus'') * Electric lantern fish (''Electrona risso'') * ''

Gonichthys cocco ''Gonichthys cocco'', often called the Cocco's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish. Distribution and habitat It lives in the Eastern and Western Atlantic, near areas like Portugal, Liberia, Angola, South Africa, Brazil, and ...

'' * Benoit's lanternfish (''Hygophum benoiti'') * Bermuda lantern fish (''Hygophum hygomii'') * '' Hygophum macrochir'' * Firefly lanternfish (''Hygophum proximum'') * '' Hygophum reinhardtii'' * '' Hygophum taaningi'' * '' Krefftichthys anderssoni'' * ''Lampadena chavesi'' * ''Lampadena luminosa'' * Jordans lanternfish (''Lampadena pontifex'') * Mirror lanternfish (''Lampadena speculigera'') * Hector's lanternfish (''Lampanyctodes hectoris'') * '' Lampanyctus alatus'' * Southern lanternfish (''Lampanyctus australis'') * Jewel lanternfish (''Lampanyctus crocodilus'') * ''

Lampanyctus festivus ''Lampanyctus festivus'' is a species of lanternfish. It is found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It is a mesopelagic fish that undertakes diel vertical migration. It grows to about standard length Fish measurement is the measuring ...

'' * Diamondcheek lanternfish (''Lampanyctus intricarius'') * Brokenline lanternfish (''Lampanyctus jordani'') * Rakery beaconlamp (''Lampanyctus macdonaldi'') * Noble lanternfish (''Lampanyctus nobilis'') * Dotback lanternfish (''Lampanyctus photonotus'') * Pygmy lanternfish (''Lampanyctus pusillus'') * ''Lampanyctus tenuiformis'' * Nacreous lanternfish (''Lampanyctus vadulus'') * '' Lampichthys procerus'' * ''Lepidophanes gaussi'' * ''Lepidophanes guentheri'' * Dofleini's lantern fish (''Lobianchia dofleini'') *

Gemellar's lanternfish Cocco's lantern fish (''Lobianchia gemellarii''), also called Gemellar's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish. Description It maximum length is . It has 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. Males have a supracaudal gland, ...

(''Lobianchia gemellarii'') * Barebelly lanternfish (''Loweina interrupta'') * Rare lanternfish (''Loweina rara'') * ''

Myctophum affine ''Myctophum affine'', the metallic lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish native to the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's s ...

'' * ''

Myctophum asperum ''Dasyscopelus asper'', previously ''Myctophum asperum'', common name the prickly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish". Description This species has large eyes, and grows to a maximum length o ...

'' * Nightlight lanternfish (''Myctophum lychnobium'') * ''

Myctophum nitidulum ''Myctophum nitidulum'', common name pearly lanternfish, is a species of deep sea fish in the family (biology), family Myctophidae, the "lanternfish". Description ''Myctophum nitidulum'' grows to a maximum length of . Distribution This species ...

'' * ''Myctophum obtusirostre'' * ''Myctophum phengodes'' * ''

Myctophum punctatum ''Myctophum punctatum'' is a species of mesopelagic fish in the family Myctophidae. Its common name is spotted lanternfish, sometimes spelled spotted lanterfish. It is found in the Northern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean at depths down to 100 ...

'' * ''Myctophum selenops'' * Spinose lanternfish (''Myctophum spinosum'') * Dusky lanternfish (''Nannobrachium atrum'') * ''

Nannobrachium cuprarium ''Nannobrachium'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Species There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: * '' Nannobrachium achirus'' ( Andriashev, 1962) (Lantern fish) * '' Nannobrachium atrum'' ( Tåning, 1928) (Dusky lanternfish) * '' ...

'' * Gibbs lanternfish (''Nannobrachium gibbsi'') * ''

Nannobrachium isaacsi ''Nannobrachium'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Species There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: * '' Nannobrachium achirus'' ( Andriashev, 1962) (Lantern fish) * '' Nannobrachium atrum'' ( Tåning, 1928) (Dusky lanternfish) * '' ...

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Nannobrachium lineatum ''Nannobrachium'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Species There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: * '' Nannobrachium achirus'' ( Andriashev, 1962) (Lantern fish) * '' Nannobrachium atrum'' ( Tåning, 1928) (Dusky lanternfish) * '' ...

'' * Wisner's lanternfish (''Nannobrachium wisneri'') * Topside lampfish (''Notolychnus valdiviae'') * '' Notoscopelus bolini'' * '' Notoscopelus caudispinosus'' * '' Notoscopelus elongatus'' * Patchwork lampfish (''Notoscopelus resplendens'') * ''

Protomyctophum luciferum ''Protomyctophum luciferum'' is a species of lanternfish Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families ...

'' * '' Scopelopsis multipunctatus'' * '' Symbolophorus barnardi'' * '' Symbolophorus boops'' * Krefft's lanternfish (''Symbolophorus kreffti'') * Rufous lanternfish (''Symbolophorus rufinus'') * Large-scale lantern fish (''Symbolophorus veranyi'') * Deepwater lanternfish (''Taaningichthys bathyphilus'') * '' Taaningichthys minimus'' * '' Taaningichthys paurolychnus''

Neoscopelids

* Largescaled neoscopelid (''Neoscopelus macrolepidotus'') * Sombre blackchin (''Scopelengys tristis'') * '' Solivomer arenidens''

Lampriformes

* Polka-dot ribbonfish (''Desmodema polystictum'') * Unicorn crestfish (''Eumecichthys fiski'') *

Opah Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae). The famil ...

(''Lampris guttatus'') *

Crested oarfish The crested oarfish (''Lophotus lacepede'') is a species of crestfish in the family Lophotidae. It is an oceanodromous fish ranging from waters 0–92 meters deep, but may get stranded in shallow waters. Distribution and habitat The crested oar ...

(''Lophotus lacepede'') * Tapertail (''Radiicephalus elongatus'') *

Giant oarfish The giant oarfish (''Regalecus glesne'') is a species of oarfish of the family Regalecidae. It is an oceanodromous species with a worldwide distribution, excluding polar regions. Other common names include Pacific oarfish, king of herrings, ribb ...

(''Regalecus glesne'') * ''

Regalecus russelii ''Regalecus russelii'', or Russell's oarfish, is a species of oarfish in the family Regalecidae. It is a broadly-distributed marine fish, found in waters in the bathypelagic zone. ''R. russelii'' is a scaleless, elongate and ribbonlike fish, gro ...

'' * Mediterranean dealfish (''Trachipterus trachypterus'') * Scalloped ribbonfish (''Zu cristatus'') * Scalloped dealfish (''Zu elongatus'')

Stylephoriformes

Tube-eye ''Stylephorus chordatus'', the tube-eye or thread-tail, is a deep-sea fish, the only fish in the genus ''Stylephorus'' and family Stylephoridae. It is found in deep subtropical and tropical waters around the world, living at depths during the da ...

(''Stylephorus chordatus'')

Other ray-finned fish species

* Lake sturgeon (''Acipenser fulvescens'') *

White sturgeon White sturgeon (''Acipenser transmontanus'') is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, Californ ...

(''Acipenser transmontanus'') * Eastern Pacific bonefish (''Albula esuncula'') *

Bowfin The bowfin (''Amia calva'') is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being the sole surviving species of the Halecomorphi ...

(''Amia calva'') *

Pacific jellynose fish The pacific jellynose fish (''Ateleopus japonicus'') (Shachiburi, 鯱振 in Japanese) is a species of jellynose fish in the family Ateleopodidae. It can grow up to a length of 95 cm, but is more commonly found at lengths of 35 cm. There ...

(''Ateleopus japonicus'') *

Bobtail eel The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea eels in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera. They are small elongate fishes, growing up to 16cm (6 in) in length. The family Cyematidae is characterized by thin, short bodies w ...

(''Cyema atrum'') * West African ladyfish (''Elops lacerta'') * '' Elops machnata'' * Northern ladyfish (''Elops saurus'') * Pelican eel (''Eurypharynx pelecanoides'') *

Jellynose The jellynose fishes or tadpole fishes are the small order Ateleopodiformes. This group of ray-finned fish is monotypic, containing a single family Ateleopodidae. It has about a dozen species in four genera, but these enigmatic fishes are in nee ...

(''Guentherus altivela'') * Loppe's tadpole fish (''Ijimaia loppei'') * Longnose gar (''Lepisosteus osseus'') *

Shortnose gar The shortnose gar (''Lepisosteus platostomus'') is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and ...

(''Lepisosteus platostomus'') *

Florida gar The Florida gar (''Lepisosteus platyrhincus'') is a species of gar found in the US from the Savannah River and Ochlockonee River watersheds of Georgia and throughout peninsular Florida. Florida gar can reach a length over 3 ft (91 cm). ...

(''Lepisosteus platyrhincus'') * Stout beardfish (''Polymixia nobilis'') * Taillight gulper (''Saccopharynx ampullaceus'') * ''

Saccopharynx ramosus ''Saccopharynx'' is a genus of deep-sea eels with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long, scaleless bodies. Commonly, these fish are called gulpers or gulper eels. It is the only genus in the family Saccopharyngidae, and is part of the deriv ...

Hagfishes

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Eptatretus alastairi ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Specie ...

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Eptatretus caribbeaus ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Specie ...

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Eptatretus carlhubbsi ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Specie ...

'' * New Zealand hagfish (''Eptatretus cirrhatus'') * Guadalupe hagfish (''Eptatretus fritzi'') * ''

Eptatretus gomoni ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

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Eptatretus grouseri ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

'' * Sixgill hagfish (''Eptatretus hexatrema'') * ''

Eptatretus indrambaryai ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

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Eptatretus laurahubbsae ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

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Eptatretus mccoskeri ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

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Eptatretus mendozai ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

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Eptatretus menezesi ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

'' * '' Eptatretus multidens'' * ''

Eptatretus okinoseanus ''Eptatretus'' is a large genus of hagfish. Species There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: * ''Eptatretus aceroi'' Polanco Fernández & Fernholm, 2014 (Acero's hagfish)Polanco Fernandez, A. & Fernholm, B. (2014): A New Speci ...

'' * Fivegill hagfish (''Eptatretus profundus'') * Cortez hagfish (''Eptatretus sinus'') * Strickrott's hagfish (''Eptatretus strickrotti'') * '' Eptatretus wisneri'' * Patagonian hagfish (''Myxine affinis'') * Southern hagfish (''Myxine australis'') * Cape hagfish (''Myxine capensis'') * Whiteface hagfish (''Myxine circifrons'') * ''

Myxine fernholmi ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the only species of ''Myxine'' to not have melan ...

'' * Atlantic hagfish (''Myxine glutinosa'') * ''

Myxine hubbsi ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the only species of ''Myxine'' to not have melan ...

'' * White-headed hagfish (''Myxine ios'') * Jespersen's hagfish (''Myxine jespersenae'') * ''

Myxine mccoskeri ''Myxine'' is a genus of hagfish, from the Greek μυξῖνος (''myxinos'', "slimy"). In 2021, three new species of ''Myxine'' were described from the Galápagos including '' M. phantasma'', the only species of ''Myxine'' to not have melan ...

'' * Caribbean hagfish (''Myxine mcmillanae'') * '' Myxine robinsorum'' * '' Paramyxine sheni'' * Gulf hagfish (''Paramyxine springeri'') * '' Paramyxine wisneri'' * '' Paramyxine yangi''

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