Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes) by Scientific Name


Order Carcharhiniformes Ground Sharks	Order Chimaeriformes Chimaeras
Order Chondrenchelyiformes Chondrenchelyiformes	Order Cladodontiformes Cladodontiformes
Order Cladoselachiformes Cladoselachiformes	Order Copodontiformes Copodontiformes
Order Ctenacanthiformes Ctenacanthiformes	Order Edestiformes Edestiformes
Order Helodontiformes Helodontiformes	Order Heterodontiformes Horn Sharks
Order Hexanchiformes Cow Sharks & Frill Sharks	Order Hybodontiformes Hybodontiformes
Order Iniopterygiformes Iniopterygiformes	Order Lamniformes Mackerel Sharks
Order Lugalepidida Lugalepidida	Order Mongolepidida Mongolepidida
Order Myliobatiformes Myliobatiformes	Order Myriacanthiformes Myriacanthiformes
Order Orectolobiformes Carpet Sharks	Order Petalodontiformes Petalodontiformes
Order Pristiformes Pristiformes	Order Pristiophoriformes Saw Sharks
Order Psammodontiformes Psammodontiformes	Order Rajiformes Rays & Sawfishes
Order Squaliformes Dogfish & Sleeper Sharks	Order Squatiniformes Angel Sharks
Order Torpediniformes Torpediniformes	Order Xenacanthiformes Xenacanthiformes

Comprising all fishes with a cartilaginous skeleton that may be calcified but is never ossified, and an unsutured skull. The teeth are never set in bone, attached to subepithelial tissue instead. The mouth is ventral to a snout that is usually produced into a rostum. All species are carnivorous.