Maryland Checklist - Category: Sharks and Rays - all-time (Total: 49)   

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




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