Rays & Other Cartilaginous Fishes

Rays & Other Cartilaginous Fishes Gallery Collection

Rays are most closely related to sharks and belong to the superoder Batoidea. The term "ray" is also used specifically for batoids in the order Rajiformes, the "true rays". Commonly the Rays include stingrays, skates, electric rays, guitarfishes and sawfishes. Rays are flat-bodied, and, like sharks, are a species of cartilaginous marine fish. Most rays have a flat, disk-like body, with the exception of the guitarfishes and sawfishes, while most sharks have a streamlined body.

• Bat Ray

• Manta Ray The manta ray, Manta birostris, is the largest...

• Sawfish

• Shovelnose Guitarfish

• Southern Stingray

• Spotted Eagle Ray The spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, or...