List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Australia
List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Australia
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
| 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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