Maryland Checklist - Category: Sharks and Rays - all-time (Total: 48)   

PhotosCommon NameGenusSpeciesCategoryFamilyOrderClassKingdom
1 Nurse SharkGinglymostomacirratum Sharks and RaysGinglymostomatidaeOrectolobiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
2  Sand Tiger SharkCarchariastaurus Sharks and RaysOdontaspididaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
3  Big-eyed Thresher SharkAlopiassuperciliosus Sharks and RaysAlopiidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
4  Thresher SharkAlopiasvulpinus Sharks and RaysAlopiidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
5  Basking SharkCetorhinusmaximus Sharks and RaysCetorhinidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
6  Great White SharkCarcharodoncarcharias Sharks and RaysLamnidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
7 Short-finned Mako Isurusoxyrinchus Sharks and RaysLamnidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
8  Long-finned MakoIsuruspaucus Sharks and RaysLamnidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
9  PorbeagleLamnanasus Sharks and RaysLamnidaeLamniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
10  Chain DogfishScyliorhinusretifer Sharks and RaysScyliorhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
11 Smooth DogfishMusteluscanis Sharks and RaysTriakidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
12  Silky SharkCarcharhinusfalciformis Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
13 Bull SharkCarcharhinusleucas Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
14  Blacktip SharkCarcharhinuslimbatus Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
15  Oceanic Whitetip SharkCarcharhinuslongimanus Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
16  Dusky SharkCarcharhinusobscurus Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
17 Sandbar SharkCarcharhinusplumbeus Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
18  Night SharkCarcharhinussignatus Sharks and RaysCarcharinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
19 Tiger SharkGaleocerdocuvier Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
20  Lemon SharkNegaprionbrevirostris Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
21 Blue SharkPrionaceglauca Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
22 Atlantic Sharp-nosed SharkRhizoprionodonterraenovae Sharks and RaysCarcharhinidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
23 Scalloped Hammerhead SharkSphyrnalewini Sharks and RaysSphyrnidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
24  BonnetheadSphyrnatiburo Sharks and RaysSphyrnidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
25  Smooth Hammerhead SharkSphyrnazygaena Sharks and RaysSphyrnidaeCarcharhiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
26 Spiny DogfishSqualusacanthias Sharks and RaysSqualidaeSqualiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
27  Black DogfishCentroscylliumfabricii Sharks and RaysEtmopteridaeSqualiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
28  Portuguese SharkCentroscymnuscoelolepis Sharks and RaysSomniosidaeSqualiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
29  Kitefin SharkDalatiaslicha Sharks and RaysDalatiidaeSqualiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
30 Atlantic Angel SharkSquatinadumeril Sharks and RaysSquatinidaeSquatiniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
31  Smalltooth SawfishPristispectinata Sharks and RaysPristidaePristiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
32  Atlantic Torpedo Electric RayTorpedonobiliana Sharks and RaysTorpedinidaeTorpediniformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
33  Thorny SkateAmblyrajaradiata Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
34  Barndoor SkateDipturuslaevis Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
35  Little SkateLeucorajaerinacea Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
36  Rosette SkateLeucorajagarmani Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
37 Winter SkateLeucorajaocellata Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
38  Smooth SkateMalacorajasenta Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
39 Clearnose SkateRajaeglanteria Sharks and RaysRajidaeRajiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
40  Southern StingrayDasyatisamericana Sharks and RaysDasyatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
41  Roughtail StingrayDasyatiscentroura Sharks and RaysDasyatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
42 Atlantic StingrayDasyatissabina Sharks and RaysDasyatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
43 Bluntnose StingrayDasyatissay Sharks and RaysDasyatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
44  Pelagic StingrayPteroplatytrygonviolacea Sharks and RaysDasyatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
45 Spiny Butterfly RayGymnuraaltavela Sharks and RaysGymnuridaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
46  Smooth Butterfly RayGymnuramicrura Sharks and RaysGymnuridaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
47 Bullnose RayMyliobatisfreminvillei Sharks and RaysMyliobatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia
48 Cownose RayRhinopterabonasus Sharks and RaysMyliobatidaeMyliobatiformesChondrichthyesAnimalia

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