living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes
see Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
Cohort Euselachii Hay, 1902 - spined sharks and relatives
see Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902
Subcohort Neoselachii Compagno, 1977 - modern sharks and rays
see Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
Genus Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 - lanternsharks
Superorder Squalomorphii (Compagno, 1973)
see Division Squalea (Shirai, 1996)
Superorder Squatinomorphii Compagno, 1973 - angel sharks
see Superorder Hypnosqualea Carvalho & Maisey, 1996
Superorder Galeomorphii Compagno, 1973
see Division Galeomorphii Compagno, 1973
Superorder Batoidea - rays
see Subdivision Batoidea
1 Order Rhinobatiformes Müller & Henle, 1837 - guitarfishes
see Order Rhinopristiformes Naylor, Caira, Jensen, Rosana, Straube & Lakner, 2012
2 Order Rajiformes Berg, 1940 - skates
3 Order Pristiformes - guitarfishes and sawfishes
see Order Rhinopristiformes Naylor, Caira, Jensen, Rosana, Straube & Lakner, 2012
4 Order Torpediniformes de Buen, 1926 - electric rays
5 Order Myliobatiformes Compagno, 1973 - stingrays