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WorldCrocodile shark
Smallest living mackerel shark with large eyes and oily liverShark · Open ocean · 1936
WorldLesser electric ray
A small numbfish that generates electricity to stun prey.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldDevil fish
A large Mediterranean ray with a spiny tail and horn-like flaps.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndonesian coelacanth
A rare brown deep-sea fish found in Indonesian waters.Ancient · Open ocean · 1999
WorldChimaeras
Cartilaginous deep-sea fish with cartilage skeletons and unique tooth plates.Shark · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRound stingray
A small coastal ray from the eastern Pacific known for its painful tail spine.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldCommon eagle ray
A large, venomous ray found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldSmooth butterfly ray
A diamond-shaped ray with a short tail and no sting.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldPelagic stingray
The only stingray that lives in the open ocean.Ray · Open ocean · 1832
WorldChilean devil ray
A deep-diving oceanic ray with a boxy head.Ray · Open ocean
🇿🇦 South Africa and 4 moreReticulate whipray
A large spotted stingray from the western Indian Ocean and eastern Mediterranean.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1789
WorldPink whipray
Large Indo-Pacific stingray with a long tail and pinkish hue.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1906
EuropeRabbit fish
Deep-water cartilaginous fish with a rabbit-like headOther · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic stingray
Small stingray found in Atlantic coastal waters and fresh rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes · 1824
EuropeCommon stingray
A venomous ray of Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreMarbled electric ray
A benthic electric ray from the eastern Atlantic known for its powerful shocks and mottled brown skin.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1810
WorldCommon guitarfish
A critically endangered cartilaginous fish native to the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Shark · Coasts and shelves
EuropeBlue skate
A large, slow-growing ray native to the northeast Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇨🇦 CanadaLittle skate
Small Atlantic skate known for walking on the sea floor.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 CanadaWinter skate
Endangered North Atlantic skate with eye-like spotsRay · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate
Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855
WorldAngelshark
Flat-bodied sharks that bury themselves in sandy seabeds to ambush prey.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758
EuropeVelvet belly lanternshark
Small bioluminescent shark of the deep AtlanticShark · Open ocean · 1758
WorldBramble shark
A deep-sea shark with thorn-like skin scales.Shark · Open ocean · 1788
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Crocodile shark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lesser electric ray: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEF, Public domain, source
- Devil fish: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, source
- Indonesian coelacanth: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Chimaeras: Linda Snook / MBNMS, Public domain, source
- Round stingray: michael h j c, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Smooth butterfly ray: Tomas Willems & Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pelagic stingray: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chilean devil ray: Tiago Matias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Reticulate whipray: Aurimas Mikalauskas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pink whipray: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rabbit fish: MAREANO/Havforskingsinstituttet, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Atlantic stingray: ksr8s, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Common stingray: Chris Taklis, CC BY 4.0, source
- Marbled electric ray: Philippe Guillaume, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common guitarfish: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Little skate: Yzx, Public domain, source
- Winter skate: LeGresley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
- Angelshark: RYO SATO, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Velvet belly lanternshark: Etrusko25, Public domain, source
- Bramble shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source