Rhinopristiformes
Sign in to saveRhinopristiformes (rhino rays) is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRhinopristiformes
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- Elasmobranchs
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Rhinopristiformes (rhino rays) is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.
==Families== Rhinopristiformes contains the following families: Trygonorrhinidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 (fiddler rays or banjo rays) Rhinobatidae Bonaparte, 1835 (guitarfishes) Rhinidae J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 (bowmouth guitarfishes or wedgefishes) Glaucostegidae Last, Séret & Naylor, 2016 (giant guitarfishes) Pristidae Bonaparte, 1835 (sawfishes)
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