List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Australia
This is a list of CHONDRICHTHYES in Australia according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavoraja umbrosa | Dusky Skate | 70681387 | LC |
| Pastinachus ater | Banana-tail Ray | 70682232 | LC |
| Mobula birostris | Giant Manta Ray | 198921 | VU |
| Carcharhinus obscurus | Dusky Shark | 3852 | VU |
| Dipturus polyommata | Argus Skate | 202053 | LC |
| Myliobatis tenuicaudatus | Australian Eagle Ray | 70686656 | LC |
| Dalatias licha | Kitefin Shark | 6229 | VU |
| Pristiophorus cirratus | Common Sawshark | 39327 | LC |
| Heterodontus portusjacksoni | Port Jackson Shark | 39334 | LC |
| Brachaelurus colcloughi | Bluegray Carpetshark | 39335 | VU |
| Megachasma pelagios | Megamouth Shark | 39338 | LC |
| Furgaleus macki | Whiskery Shark | 39351 | LC |
| Hypogaleus hyugaensis | Pencil Shark | 39354 | LC |
| Mustelus antarcticus | Sweet William | 39355 | LC |
| Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos | Gray Reef Shark | 39365 | NT |
| Carcharhinus amboinensis | Java Shark | 39366 | DD |
| Carcharhinus leucas | Bull Shark | 39372 | NT |
| Carcharhinus melanopterus | Blacktip Reef Shark | 39375 | NT |
| Glyphis glyphis | Speartooth Shark | 39379 | EN |
| Anoxypristis cuspidata | Pointed Sawfish | 39389 | EN |
| Pristis clavata | Dwarf Sawfish | 39390 | EN |
| Dipturus confusus | Longnose Skate | 70688138 | CR |
| Rajella challengeri | Challenger Skate | 70688333 | LC |
| Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides | Queensland shark | 40797 | NT |
| Apristurus albisoma | White-bodied Catshark | 41718 | LC |
| Asymbolus analis | Australian Spotted Catshark | 41720 | LC |
| Asymbolus funebris | Blotched Catshark | 41721 | DD |
| Asymbolus occiduus | Western Spotted Catshark | 41722 | LC |
| Asymbolus pallidus | Pale Spotted Catshark | 41723 | LC |
| Asymbolus parvus | Dwarf Catshark | 41724 | LC |
| Asymbolus rubiginosus | Rusty Catshark | 41725 | LC |
| Asymbolus submaculatus | Saddled Catshark | 41726 | LC |
| Asymbolus vincenti | Gulf Catshark | 41727 | LC |
| Atelomycterus fasciatus | Banded Catshark | 41728 | LC |
| Atelomycterus macleayi | Marbled Catshark | 41729 | LC |
| Aulohalaelurus labiosus | Black Spotted Catshark | 41731 | LC |
| Brachaelurus waddi | Blind Shark | 41732 | LC |
| Carcharhinus cautus | Nervous Shark | 41733 | DD |
| Carcharhinus fitzroyensis | Creek Whaler | 41735 | LC |
| Carcharhinus macloti | Hardnose Shark | 41737 | NT |
| Carcharhinus sealei | Blackspot Shark | 41738 | NT |
| Carcharhinus tilstoni | Blacktip Whaler | 41739 | LC |
| Centrophorus harrissoni | Dumb Gulper Shark | 41740 | EN |
| Callorhinchus milii | Ghost Shark | 41743 | LC |
| Centroscyllium kamoharai | Jelly Shark | 41746 | LC |
| Centroscymnus owstonii | Owston's Dogfish | 41749 | VU |
| Cephaloscyllium laticeps | Nutcracker Shark | 41753 | LC |
| Chlamydoselachus anguineus | Frilled Shark | 41794 | LC |
| Bathytoshia brevicaudata | Short-tail Stingray | 41796 | LC |
| Hemitrygon fluviorum | Brown Stingray | 41797 | VU |
| Echinorhinus cookei | Spinous Shark | 41802 | DD |
| Etmopterus dianthus | Pink Lanternshark | 41805 | LC |
| Etmopterus dislineatus | Lined Lanternshark | 41806 | LC |
| Etmopterus evansi | Blackmouth Lanternshark | 41807 | LC |
| Etmopterus fusus | Pygmy Lanternshark | 41808 | LC |
| Figaro boardmani | Sawtail Shark | 41811 | LC |
| Galeus gracilis | Slender Sawtail Shark | 41812 | DD |
| Hemiscyllium ocellatum | Epaulette Shark | 41818 | LC |
| Hemiscyllium trispeculare | Speckled Carpetshark | 41820 | LC |
| Hemitriakis abdita | Deepwater Sicklefin Hound Shark | 41821 | DD |
| Hemitriakis falcata | Sicklefin Hound Shark | 41822 | LC |
| Heterodontus galeatus | Crested Port Jackson Shark | 41824 | LC |
| Heterodontus zebra | Barred Bull-head Shark | 41825 | LC |
| Hypnos monopterygius | Crampfish | 41828 | LC |
| Iago garricki | Longnose Hound Shark | 41829 | LC |
| Loxodon macrorhinus | Jordan's Blue Dogshark | 41831 | LC |
| Mobula japanica | Spinetail Devilray | 41833 | NT |
| Negaprion acutidens | Sharptooth Lemon Shark | 41836 | VU |
| Orectolobus maculatus | Spotted Wobbegong | 41837 | LC |
| Orectolobus ornatus | Ornate Wobbegong | 41838 | LC |
| Orectolobus wardi | Northern Wobbegong | 41839 | LC |
| Oxynotus bruniensis | Prickly Dogfish | 41840 | NT |
| Parascyllium collare | Collared Carpetshark | 41841 | LC |
| Parascyllium ferrugineum | Rusty Carpetshark | 41842 | LC |
| Parascyllium sparsimaculatum | Ginger Carpetshark | 41843 | DD |
| Pristiophorus nudipinnis | Southern Sawshark | 41846 | LC |
| Parascyllium variolatum | Necklace Carpetshark | 41844 | LC |
| Rhizoprionodon oligolinx | Grey Sharpnose Shark | 41851 | LC |
| Rhizoprionodon taylori | Australian Sharpnose Shark | 41852 | LC |
| Rhynchobatus australiae | Bottlenose Wedgefish | 41853 | CR |
| Scymnodalatias albicauda | Whitetail Dogfish | 41855 | DD |
| Scymnodalatias sherwoodi | Sherwood's Dogfish | 41856 | DD |
| Squaliolus aliae | Smalleye Pygmy Shark | 41858 | LC |
| Squatina australis | Australian Angel Shark | 41862 | LC |
| Squatina tergocellata | Archbishop | 41863 | LC |
| Sutorectus tentaculatus | Cobbler Carpet Shark | 41864 | LC |
| Trygonorrhina fasciata | Banjo Shark | 41866 | LC |
| Centrophorus squamosus | Nilson's Deepsea Dogfish | 41871 | VU |
| Chiloscyllium punctatum | Brownbanded Bamboo Shark | 41872 | NT |
| Eucrossorhinus dasypogon | Tasselled Wobbegong | 41873 | LC |
| Odontaspis ferox | Herbst's Nurse Shark | 41876 | VU |
| Apristurus melanoasper | Fleshynose Catshark | 42700 | LC |
| Apristurus ampliceps | Roughskin Catshark | 42701 | LC |
| Apristurus bucephalus | Bighead Catshark | 42703 | DD |
| Apristurus australis | Pinocchio Catshark | 42704 | LC |
| Cephaloscyllium albipinnum | Whitefin Swellshark | 42706 | CR |
| Cephaloscyllium variegatum | Saddled Swellshark | 42707 | NT |
| Cephaloscyllium zebrum | Narrowbar Swellshark | 42709 | DD |
| Cephaloscyllium speccum | Speckled Swellshark | 42710 | DD |
| Figaro striatus | Northern Sawtail Shark | 42711 | DD |
| Glyphis garricki | New Guinea River Shark | 42712 | CR |
| Halaelurus sellus | Rusty Catshark | 42713 | LC |
| Mustelus stevensi | Western Spotted Gummy Shark | 42716 | LC |
| Orectolobus hutchinsi | Western Wobbegong | 42717 | LC |
| Parmaturus bigus | Short-tail Catshark | 42718 | DD |
| Pristiophorus delicatus | Tropical Sawshark | 42720 | LC |
| Rhinobatos sainsburyi | Goldeneye Shovelnose Ray | 42721 | LC |
| Squalus notocaudatus | Bartail Spurdog | 42722 | LC |
| Squalus albifrons | Eastern Highfin Spurdog | 42723 | LC |
| Squalus crassispinus | Fatspine Spurdog | 42725 | LC |
| Squalus nasutus | Western Longnose Spurdog | 42726 | NT |
| Squalus grahami | Eastern Longnose Spurdog | 42727 | NT |
| Squatina pseudocellata | Western Angel Shark | 42728 | LC |
| Squatina albipunctata | Eastern Angel Shark | 42729 | VU |
| Urolophus kapalensis | Kapala Stingaree | 42730 | NT |
| Centrophorus moluccensis | Smallfin Gulper Shark | 42838 | DD |
| Cephaloscyllium cooki | Cook’s Swellshark | 174145 | DD |
| Carcharias taurus East coast of Australia subpopulation | Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark | 44070 | CR |
| Carcharias taurus Western Australia subpopulation | Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark | 44071 | NT |
| Dipturus canutus | Grey Skate | 14134315 | EN |
| Bythaelurus incanus | Sombre Catshark | 44171 | DD |
| Aptychotrema vincentiana | Southern Shovelnose Ray | 44186 | LC |
| Apristurus longicephalus | Longhead Catshark | 44217 | LC |
| Apristurus pinguis | Bulldog Catshark | 44222 | LC |
| Apristurus platyrhynchus | Spatula Catshark | 44223 | LC |
| Mitsukurina owstoni | Elfin Shark | 44565 | LC |
| Pseudotriakis microdon | Keel-dorsal Shark | 44566 | LC |
| Scymnodon plunketi | Waite's Dogfish | 46865 | VU |
| Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus | Blue-banded Eagle Ray | 84785231 | LC |
| Etmopterus unicolor | Brown Lanternshark | 124696811 | DD |
| Stegostoma fasciatum Eastern Indonesian-Oceania subpopulation | Zebra Shark | 71711344 | NT |
| Centrophorus moluccensis Eastern Australian subpopulation | Endeavour Dogfish | 16727327 | NT |
| Centrophorus moluccensis Western Australian subpopulation | Endeavour Dogfish | 16727330 | LC |
| Trygonorrhina dumerilii | Banjo Shark | 43270317 | LC |
| Cephaloscyllium signourum | Flagtail Swellshark | 181361 | DD |
| Glaucostegus typus | Giant Guitarfish | 104061138 | CR |
| Pristis pristis Indo-West Pacific subpopulation | Largetooth Sawfish | 43508905 | CR |
| Trygonoptera galba | Yellow Shovelnose Stingaree | 60080 | LC |
| Trygonoptera imitata | Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree | 60081 | LC |
| Trygonoptera mucosa | Bebil | 60082 | LC |
| Trygonoptera ovalis | Striped Stingaree | 60083 | LC |
| Trygonoptera personata | Masked Stingaree | 60084 | LC |
| Trygonoptera testacea | Common Stingaree | 60085 | NT |
| Urolophus bucculentus | Great Stingaree | 60088 | VU |
| Urolophus circularis | Circular Stingaree | 60089 | LC |
| Urolophus cruciatus | Crossback Stingaree | 60090 | LC |
| Urolophus expansus | Wide Stingaree | 60092 | LC |
| Urolophus flavomosaicus | Patchwork Stingaree | 60093 | LC |
| Urolophus gigas | Sinclair’s Stingaree | 60094 | LC |
| Urolophus lobatus | Lobed Stingaree | 60097 | LC |
| Urolophus mitosis | Blotched Stingaree | 60098 | LC |
| Urolophus orarius | Coastal Stingaree | 60100 | EN |
| Urolophus paucimaculatus | White-spotted Stingaree | 60102 | LC |
| Urolophus piperatus | Coral Sea Stingaree | 60103 | LC |
| Urolophus sufflavus | Yellowback Stingaree | 60104 | VU |
| Urolophus viridis | Greenback Stingaree | 60105 | VU |
| Urolophus westraliensis | Brown Stingaree | 60106 | LC |
| Plesiobatis daviesi | Deepwater Stingray | 60111 | LC |
| Aetomylaeus vespertilio | Reticulate Eagle Ray | 60121 | EN |
| Myliobatis hamlyni | Purple Eagle Ray | 60124 | NT |
| Harriotta haeckeli | Smallspine Spookfish | 60139 | LC |
| Harriotta raleighana | Longnosed Chimaera | 60140 | LC |
| Rhinochimaera africana | Paddlenose Chimaera | 60144 | DD |
| Rhinochimaera pacifica | Knifenose Chimaera | 60146 | LC |
| Neotrygon annotata | Brown Stingray | 60150 | NT |
| Neotrygon leylandi | Painted Maskray | 60156 | LC |
| Aptychotrema timorensis | Spotted Shovelnose Ray | 60179 | VU |
| Chimaera lignaria | Giant Purple Chimaera | 60185 | LC |
| Chimaera phantasma | Silver Chimaera | 60187 | DD |
| Hydrolagus lemures | Bight Ghostshark | 60192 | LC |
| Hydrolagus ogilbyi | Whitefish | 60195 | VU |
| Hydrolagus trolli | Ray Troll’s Chimaera | 60197 | LC |
| Euprotomicrus bispinatus | Pygmy Shark | 60210 | LC |
| Isistius plutodus | Bigtooth Cookiecutter | 60212 | LC |
| Zameus squamulosus | Smallmouth Velvet Dogfish | 60215 | DD |
| Squalus altipinnis | Western Highfin Spurdog | 158616 | DD |
| Squalus edmundsi | Edmunds’ Spurdog | 158617 | NT |
| Squalus acanthias Australasia subpopulation | Spurdog | 61409 | LC |
| Cirrhigaleus australis | Southern Mandarin Shark | 161321 | DD |
| Dipturus cerva | White-spotted Skate | 161329 | NT |
| Pavoraja alleni | Allens Skate | 161337 | LC |
| Gymnura australis | Australian Butterfly Ray | 161342 | LC |
| Narcine westraliensis | Banded Numbfish | 161346 | LC |
| Hexanchus nakamurai | Bigeyed Sixgill Shark | 161352 | DD |
| Squalus chloroculus | Greeneye Spurdog | 161360 | EN |
| Pavoraja nitida | Peacock Skate | 161370 | LC |
| Carcharhinus sorrah | Spottail Shark | 161376 | NT |
| Bathyraja ishiharai | Abyssal Skate | 161387 | DD |
| Insentiraja laxipella | Eastern Looseskin Skate | 161390 | DD |
| Squalus montalbani | Philippine Spurdog | 161404 | VU |
| Etmopterus molleri | Slendertail Lanternshark | 161407 | DD |
| Amblyraja hyperborea | Blackbelly Skate | 63119 | LC |
| Bathyraja richardsoni | Deepsea Skate | 63127 | LC |
| Urogymnus granulatus | MacLeay's Coachwhip Ray | 161431 | VU |
| Atelomycterus marnkalha | Eastern Banded Catshark | 161434 | DD |
| Mustelus ravidus | Grey Gummy Shark | 63165 | LC |
| Dentiraja lemprieri | Thornback Skate | 161489 | LC |
| Spiniraja whitleyi | Melbourne Skate | 161496 | VU |
| Maculabatis toshi | Brown Whipray | 161505 | LC |
| Etmopterus lucifer | Blackbelly Lanternshark | 161517 | LC |
| Carcharhinus albimarginatus | Silvertip Shark | 161526 | VU |
| Rhinoptera neglecta | Australian Cownose Ray | 161530 | DD |
| Dipturus gudgeri | Bight Skate | 161535 | NT |
| Hemigaleus australiensis | Australian Weasel Shark | 161539 | LC |
| Insentiraja subtilispinosa | Velvet Skate | 161553 | LC |
| Notoraja ochroderma | Pale Skate | 161559 | DD |
| Carcharhinus altimus | Bignose Shark | 161564 | DD |
| Megatrygon microps | Smalleye Stingray | 161582 | DD |
| Aptychotrema rostrata | Eastern Shovelnose Ray | 161596 | LC |
| Alopias pelagicus | Pelagic Thresher | 161597 | VU |
| Pateobatis fai | Pink Whipray | 161615 | VU |
| Narcine tasmaniensis | Tasmanian Numbfish | 161628 | LC |
| Deania quadrispinosa | Longsnout Dogfish | 161635 | NT |
| Dipturus australis | Sydney Skate | 161637 | VU |
| Notoraja hirticauda | Ghost Skate | 161647 | DD |
| Etmopterus brachyurus | Short-tail Lanternshark | 161649 | DD |
| Orectolobus parvimaculatus | Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong | 161651 | LC |
| Irolita waitii | Southern Round Skate | 161655 | LC |
| Orectolobus floridus | Floral Banded Wobbegong | 161664 | LC |
| Hexatrygon bickelli | Sixgill Stingray | 161674 | LC |
| Tetronarce tokionis | Longtail Torpedo Ray | 161676 | DD |
| Narcine lasti | Western Numbfish | 161700 | LC |
| Orectolobus halei | Banded Wobbegong | 161709 | LC |
| Pateobatis jenkinsii | Jenkins' Whipray | 161744 | VU |
| Isurus oxyrinchus Indo-west Pacific subpopulation | Shortfin Mako | 161750 | VU |
| Urogymnus dalyensis | Freshwater Whipray | 195319 | LC |
| Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum | Reticulate Swellshark | 195422 | LC |
| Mustelus walkeri | Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark | 195426 | DD |
| Chimaera argiloba | Whitefin Chimaera | 195427 | LC |
| Chimaera fulva | Southern Chimaera | 195429 | LC |
| Chimaera macrospina | Longspine Chimaera | 195430 | LC |
| Chimaera obscura | Shortspine Chimaera | 195432 | DD |
| Hydrolagus homonycteris | Black Ghostshark | 195433 | LC |
| Hydrolagus marmoratus | Marbled Ghostshark | 195434 | LC |
| Orectolobus reticulatus | Network Wobbegong | 195439 | DD |
| Parascyllium elongatum | Elongate Carpetshark | 195440 | DD |
| Hemitrygon parvonigra | Dwarf Black Stingray | 195442 | DD |
| Dentiraja flindersi | Pygmy Thornback Skate | 195443 | DD |
| Dipturus acrobelus | Deepwater Skate | 195444 | LC |
| Dipturus apricus | Pale Tropical Skate | 195445 | LC |
| Dipturus endeavouri | Endeavour Skate | 195446 | NT |
| Dipturus falloargus | False Argus Skate | 195447 | DD |
| Dipturus grahami | Graham's Skate | 195448 | LC |
| Dipturus healdi | Heald's Skate | 195449 | LC |
| Dipturus melanospilus | Blacktip Skate | 195450 | DD |
| Dipturus oculus | Ocellate Skate | 195451 | LC |
| Dipturus queenslandicus | Queensland Deepwater Skate | 195452 | DD |
| Maculabatis astra | Blackspotted Whipray | 195455 | LC |
| Himantura leoparda | Leopard Whipray | 195456 | VU |
| Dipturus wengi | Weng's Skate | 195453 | LC |
| Leucoraja pristispina | Sawback Skate | 195458 | LC |
| Irolita westraliensis | Western Round Skate | 195457 | DD |
| Mobula alfredi | Reef Manta Ray | 195459 | VU |
| Narcine nelsoni | Eastern Numbfish | 195460 | LC |
| Narcine ornata | Ornate Numbfish | 195462 | LC |
| Neotrygon ningalooensis | Ningaloo Maskray | 195463 | DD |
| Neotrygon picta | Speckled Maskray | 195464 | LC |
| Notoraja azurea | Blue Skate | 195465 | LC |
| Notoraja sticta | Blotched Skate | 195468 | LC |
| Okamejei arafurensis | Arafura Skate | 195469 | LC |
| Okamejei leptoura | Thintail Skate | 195470 | LC |
| Pavoraja arenaria | Sandy Skate | 195471 | DD |
| Pavoraja mosaica | Mosaic Skate | 195472 | LC |
| Pavoraja pseudonitida | False Peacock Skate | 195473 | LC |
| Rhynchobatus palpebratus | Eyebrow Wedgefish | 195475 | NT |
| Sinobatis bulbicauda | Western Legskate | 195477 | LC |
| Sinobatis caerulea | Blue Legskate | 195478 | DD |
| Sinobatis filicauda | Eastern Legskate | 195479 | DD |
| Centrophorus westraliensis | Western Gulper Shark | 195485 | DD |
| Zearaja maugeana | Maugean Skate | 64442 | EN |
| Carcharhinus coatesi | Australian Blackspot Shark | 70679787 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: