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Chondrichthyes (Sharks, Rays etc.)

 

Subdivision: Batoidea (Rays, Skates and Sawfish)

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841) Tentacled butterfly ray - New Guinea & Western Central Pacific Rediscovered or relocated Access

 

Family: Urolophidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name/s Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Spinilophus armatus Müller & Henle, 1841 New Ireland stingaree, Black-spotted stingaree 1822-1825 New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Urolophus javanicus (Martens, 1864) Java stingaree July 1862 Java, Indonesia Extinct Access

 

Order: Rhinopristiformes

Family: Rhinidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016 Clown wedgefish, Roughnose wedgefish (rediscovered) Unknown (Asian waters) Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Torpediniformes

Family: Torpedinidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name/s Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898 Red Sea torpedo 1898 Yemen "Missing" Access

 

Subdivision: Selachii (Selachimorpha) (Modern Sharks)

Order: Carcharhiniformes (Ground Sharks)

Family: Carcharhinidae (Requiem Sharks)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name/s Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Carcharhinus borneensis (Bleeker, 1858) Borneo shark (rediscovered) Borneo Rediscovered Access
             
Carcharhinus hemiodon (Müller & Henle, 1839) Pondicherry shark pre-1960 Indo-West Pacific Ocean Missing Access
             
Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 Smoothtooth blacktip shark (rediscovered) Arabian Sea Rediscovered Access
             
Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 Lost shark, False smalltail shark December 1934 Western Central Pacific (Borneo, Thailand & Vietnam) Missing Access
             
Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) Ganges shark (rediscovered) South-eastern Asia Rediscovered Access
             

Glyphis glyphis

(Müller and Henle, 1839) Speartooth shark (rediscovered) northern Australia & New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             
Glyphis siamensis Steindachner, 1896 Irrawaddy River shark Before 1896 Irrawaddy River, Myanmar (=Burma) Invalid (synonym) Access

 

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