The Shark and Ray Field Guide: shark pictures and information about sharks and rays

SHARK & RAY PICTURES (Including Skates and Chimaeras)
IMAGES OF SELACHIMORPHA: SHARK PICTURES
CARCHARHINIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF HAMMERHEADS, REQUIEM SHARKS, SMOOTHHOUND SHARKS & CATSHARKS
CARCHARHINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF REQUIEM SHARKS
Grey Reef Shark - Carcharhinus amblyrhychos	Blacktip Reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus	Galapagos Shark - Carcharhinus galapagensis		Bull Shark - Carcharhinus leucas	Caribbean Reef Shark - archarhinus perezi
Dusky Shark - Carcharhinus obscurus	Silvertip Shark - Carcharhinus albimarginatus	Blacknose Shark - Carcharhinus acronotus		Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Carcharhinus longimanus	Blacktip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus
Silky Shark - Carcharhinus falciformis	Spinner Shark - Carcharhinus brevipinna	Sandbar Shark - Carcharinus plumbeus		Whitetip Reef Shark - Triaenodon obesus	Blue Shark - Prionace glauca
Tiger Shark -Galeocerdo cuvier	Lemon Shark - Negaprion brevirostris	Atlantic Sharpnose Shark - Rhizoprionodon terraenovae		Pacific Sharpnose Shark - Rhizoprionodon longurio
SCYLIORHINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF CATSHARKS
Redspotted Catshark - Schroederichthys chilensis	Chain Catshark - Scyliorhinus retifer	California Swellshark - Cephaloscyllium ventriosum		Lesserspotted Catshark - Scyliorhinus canicula
SPHYRNIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF HAMMERHEAD SHARKS
Smooth Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna zygaena	Great Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna mokarran	Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna lewini		Bonnethead Shark - Sphyrna tiburo	Scoophead Shark - Sphyrna media
TRIAKIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SMOOTHHOUND SHARKS
Gulf of Mexico Smoothhound Shark - Mustelus sinusmexicanus	Dusky Smoothhound Shark - Mustelus canis	Grey Smoothhound Shark - Mustelus californicus		Brown Smoothhound Shark - Mustelus henlei	Leopard Shark - Triakis semifasciata
HETERODONTIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF BULLHEAD SHARKS AND HORN SHARKS
HETERODONTIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BULLHEAD SHARKS
California Horn Shark - Heterodontus fransisci	Port Jackson Shark - Heterodontus portusjacksoni	Zebra Bullhead Shark - Heterodontus zebra
HEXANCHIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF SIXGILL, SEVENGILL & FRILLED SHARKS
HEXANCHIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SIXGILL AND SEVENGILL SHARKS
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark - Hexanchus griseus	Bigeye Sixgill Shark - Hexanchus nakamurai	Broadnose Sevengill Shark - Notorhynchus cepedianus
LAMNIFORME PICTURES: MACKERAL SHARKS, SANDTIGER SHARKS, BASKING SHARKS, THRESHER SHARKS, MEGAMOUTH SHARKS & GOBLIN SHARKS
CETORHINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BASKING SHARKS
Basking Shark - Cetorhinus maximus
LAMNIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF MACKERAL SHARKS
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias	Shortfin Mako Shark - Isurus oxyrinchus	Porbeagle Shark - Lamna nasus
ODONTASPIDIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SANDTIGER SHARKS
Sandtiger Shark - Carcharias taurus	Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark - Odontaspis ferox
ORDER ORECTOLOBIFORMES: ZEBRA SHARKS, WHALE SHARKS, BAMBOO AND EPAULETTE SHARKS, BLIND SHARKS, NURSE SHARKS, WOBBEGONG SHARKS & CARPET SHARKS
BRACHAELURIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BLIND SHARKS
Blind Shark - Brachaelurus waddi
GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE PICTURES - NURSE SHARK PICTURES
Nurse Shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum	Tawny Nurse Shark - Nebrius ferrugineus
HEMISCYLLIIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BAMBOO AND EPAULETTE SHARKS
Speckled Epaulette Shark - Hemiscyllium trispeculare	Whitespotted Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllium plagiosum
ORECTOLOBIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF WOBBEGONG SHARKS
Banded Wobbegong Shark - Orectolobus halei	Dwarf Ornate Wobbegong Shark - Orectolobus ornatus	Spotted Wobbegong Shark - Orectolobus maculatus		Wards Wobbegong Shark - Orectolobus wardi	Tassled Wobbegong Shark - Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
Cobbler Wobbegong Shark - Sutorectus tentaculatus
RHINCODONTIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF WHALE SHARKS				STEGOSTOMATIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF ZEBRA SHARKS
Whale Shark - Rhincodon typus				Zebra Shark - Stegostoma fasciatum
ORDER SQUALIFORME PICTURES: DOGFISH SHARKS, SLEEPER SHARKS, BRAMBLE SHARKS, LANTERN SHARKS, ROUGH SHARKS, KITEFIN SHARKS, GULPER SHARKS & BIRDBEAK SHARKS
CENTROPHORIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF GULPER SHARKS
Common Gulper Shark - Centrophorus granulosus
SOMNIOSIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SLEEPER SHARKS
Greenland Shark - Somniosus microcephalus
SQUALIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF DOGFISH SHARKS
Spiny Dogfish Shark - Squalus acanthias	Pacific Spiny Dogfish Shark - Squalus suckleyi	Cuban Dogfish Shark - Squalus cubensis
ORDER SQUATINIFORMES: ANGEL SHARKS
SQUATINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF ANGEL SHARKS
Eastern Australian Angel Shark - Squatina albipunctata	Pacific Angel Shark - Squatina californica	Common Angel Shark - Squatina squatina
IMAGES OF BATOIDEA: RAY PICTURES
MYLIOBATIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF WHIPTAIL STINGRAYS, ROUND STINGRAYS AND STINGAREES, DEEPWATER STINGRAYS, FRESHWATER STINGRAYS, BUTTERFLY RAYS, SIXGILL STINGRAYS, EAGLE RAYS, COWNOSE RAYS & DEVIL RAYS
DASYATIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF WHIPTAIL STINGRAYS
Pelagic Stingray - Pteroplatytrygon violacea	Bluntnose Stingray - Dasyatis sayi	Diamond Stingray - Dasyatis dipterura		Longtail Stingray - Dasyatis longus	Southern Stingray - Dasyatis americana
Thorntail Stingray - Dasyatis thetidis	Shorttail Stingray - Dastatis brevicaudata	Roughtail Stingray - Dasyatis centroura		Kuhl's Stingray - Dasyatis kuhlii	Atlantic Stingray - Dasyatis sabina
Common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca	Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray - Taeniura lymma	Marbled Stingray - Taeniura meyeni		Round Stingray - Taeniura grabata	Cowtail Stingray - Hypolophus sephen
Jenkins' Whipray - Himantura jenkinsii	Leopard Whipray - Himantura undulata	Chupare Stingray - Himantura schmardae		Tahitian Stingray - Himantura fai
POTAMOTRYGONIDAE PICTRES - IMAGES OF SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER STINGRAYS
Motoro River Stingray - Potamotrygon motoro	Rosette River Stingray - Potamotrygon schroederi	Vermiculate River Stingray - Potamotrygon castexi
UROTRYGONIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF PAN_AMERICAN ROUND STINGRAYS
Cortez Round Stingray - Urobatis maculatus	Haller's Round Stingray - Urobatis halleri	Yellow Round Stingray - Urobatis jamaicensis		Bullseye Round Stingray - Urobatis concentricus	Roger's Round Ray - Urotrygon rogersi
UROLOPHIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF INDO-PACIFIC STINGAREES
Sinclair's Stingaree - Urolophus sp.	Spotted Stingaree - Urolophus gigas	Common Stingaree - Trygonoptera testacea		Masked Stingaree - Trygonoptera personata	Striped Stingaree - Trygonoptera ovalis
Kapala Stingaree -Urolophus kapalensis
GYMNURIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BUTTERFLY RAYS				PLATYRHINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF THORNBACK RAYS
Spiny Butterfly Ray - Gymnura altavela				Thornback Ray - Platyrhinoidis triseriata
MYLIOBATIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF EAGLE RAYS AND BAT RAYS
Common Eagle Ray - Myliobatis aquila	Southern Bat Ray - Myliobatis australis	California Bat Ray - Myliobatis californicus		Spotted Eagle Ray - aetobatus narinari
MOBULIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF MANTAS AND MOBULA RAYS (DEVIL RAYS).
Manta Ray - Manta birostris	Atlantic Devilray - Mobula hypostoma	Munk's Mobula Ray - Mobula munkiana
RHINOPTERIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF COWNOSE RAYS
Atlantic Cownose Ray - Rhinoptera bonasus

PRISTIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF SAWFISHES
PRISTIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SAWFISHES
Smalltooth Sawfish - Pristis pectinata	Green Sawfish - Pristis zijsron	Freshwater Sawfish - Pristis microdon

RAJIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF SKATES, SMOOTH SKATES, GUITARFISHES, BOWMOUTH GUITARFISHES & WEDGEFISHES
RAJIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SKATES
Big Skate - Raja binoculata	Winter Skate - Raja ocellata	Longnose Skate - Raja rhina		Thornback Skate - Raja clavata	Velez Skate - Raja velezi
Starry Skate - Raja stellulata	Smooth Skate - Malacoraja senta	Barndoor Skate - Dipturus laevis		Little Skate - Leucoraja erinacea	Thorny Skate - Ambyraja radiata
Shorttail Fanskate - Sympterygia brevicaudata

RHINOBATIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF BOWMOUTH GUITARFISHES, SHARKFIN GUITARFISHES & GUITARFISHES
RHINOBATIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF GUITARFISHES
Shovelnose Guitarfish - Rhinobatos productos	Atlantic Guitarfish - Rhinobatos lentiginosus	Eastern Shovelnose Ray - Aptychotrema rostrata		Banded Guitarfish - Zapteryx exasperata
RHYNCHOBATIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SHARKFIN GUITARFISHES				RHINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF BOWMOUTH GUITARFISHES
Whitespotted Guitarfish -Rhynchobatus australiae				Bowmouth Guitarfish - Rhina ancylostoma

TORPEDINIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF TORPEDO RAYS, COFFIN RAYS, ELECTRIC RAYS & SLEEPER RAYS
HYPNIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF COFFIN RAYS
Coffin Ray - Hypnos monopterygium
NARCINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF ELECTRIC RAYS
Bullseye Electric Ray - Diplobatus ommata	Cortez Electric Ray - Narcine entemedor	Lesser Electric Ray - Narcine bancrofti		Apron Ray - Discopyge tschudii
TORPEDINIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF TORPEDO RAYS
Marbled Electric Ray - Torpedo marmorata
IMAGES OF HOLOCEPHALI: CHIMAERA PICTURES
CHIMAERIIFORME PICTURES: IMAGES OF CHIMAERAS & ELEPHANTFISHES
CHIMAERIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF SHORTNOSED CHIMAERAS
Spotted Ratfish - Hydrolagus colliei
Shark Pictures by Behavior Bite Pictures - images of bites inflicted by sharks and rays Mating and courtship pictures - images of sharks and rays mating Shark and Ray Egg Case Pictures Shark Cages and Shark Cage Diving Pictures Shark Eyes - close up pictures of the eyes of sharks and rays Shark Fishing pictures - images of commercial longlining, finning, and dead Sharks Shark Feeding Pictures - images of sharks being fed by divers Shark Tagging Pictures - images of researchers installing satellite tags and spagetti tags Shark Teeth Pictures - images of individual shark teeth and shark jaws Stingray Barb Pictures Wounded Sharks - images of sharks wounded by propeller strikes, boat collisions and fishing
Shark Pictures Index of Common Names Angel Shark Apron Ray Atlantic Cownose Ray Atlantic devilray Atlantic Guitarfish Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Atlantic stingray Banded Guitarfish Banded wobbegong Barndoor skate Basking shark Bat Ray Big skate Bigeye Sixgill Shark Blacknose shark Blacktip reef shark Blind Shark Blue shark Blue spotted fantail ray Blue spotted stingray Bluntnose sixgill shark Bluntnose stingray Bonnethead Shark Bowmouth Guitarfish Broadnose sevengill Shark Brown Smoothhound Shark Bull shark Bullseye electric ray Bullseye Stingray Butterfly Ray California Angel Shark California Bat Ray California Swell Shark Caribbean reef shark Caribbean whiptail stingray Chain Catshark Chupare stingray Cobbler wobbegong Coffin ray Common Angel Shark Common Eagle Ray Common Stingaree Common Stingray Cortez electric ray Cortez round stingray Cownose Ray Cowtail stingray Cuban dogfish Diamond stingray Dusky Shark Dusky smoothhound shark Dwarf Ornate Wobbegong Eastern Shovelnose Ray Freshwater Sawfish Galapagos shark Great hammerhead shark Great White Shark Green Sawfish Greenland shark Grey Nurse Shark Grey Reef Shark Grey Smoothhound Shark Gulf of Mexico smoothhound shark Gulper Shark Horn shark Jaguar Ray Jenkins whipray Kapala Stingaree Lemon shark Leopard shark Leopard whipray Lesser devilray Lesser electric ray Lesser spotted catshark Little Skate Longnose Skate Longtail stingray Mako Shark (Shortfin) Manta ray Marbled stingray Marbled Torpedo Ray Masked stingaree Motoro Stingray North Pacific spiny dogfish Nurse shark Oceanic Whitetip Shark Ocellate River Stingray Ornate Wobbegong Otorongo Ray Pacific Angel Shark Pacific sharpnose shark Pastinaca Stingray Porbeagle Shark Port Jackson shark Ragged Tooth Shark Redspotted Catshark Rogers roundray Rosette River Stingray Roughtail stingray Round ray Round stingray Sandbar Shark Sandtiger shark Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Scoophead shark Sevengill Shark (Broadnose) Shortfin Mako Shark Shorttail Fanskate Shovelnose Guitarfish Silky Shark Silvertip Shark Sinclair's stingaree Sixgill Shark (Bluntnose) Small Spotted Catshark Smalltooth sandtiger shark Smalltooth sawfish Smooth dogfish Smooth hammerhead shark Smooth Skate Southern bat ray Southern stingray Speckled epaulette Spinner shark Spiny Butterfly Ray Spiny dogfish Spotted eagle ray Spotted ratfish Spotted stingaree Spotted wobbegong Starry Skate Striped stingaree Swell Shark Tahitian stingray Tasseled wobbegong Thornback ray Thornback skate Thorntail stingray Thorny Skate Tiger shark Velez Skate Vermiculate River Stingray Wards wobbegong Whale shark White Spotted Bamboo Shark Whitespotted Guitarfish Whitetip reef shark Yellow spotted stingray Zebra Bullhead Shark			Shark Pictures Index of Scientific Names Aetobus narinari Amblyraja radiata Aptychotrema rostrata Brachaelurus waddi Carcharhinus aconotus Carcharhinus albimarginatus Carcharhinus amblyrhychos Carcharhinus brevipinna Carcharhinus falciformis Carcharhinus galapagensis Carcharhinus leucas Carcharhinus longimanus Carcharhinus melanopterus Carcharhinus obscurus Carcharhinus perezi Carcharhinus plumbeus Carcharias taurus Carcharodon carcharias Centrophorus granulosus Cephaloscyllium ventriosum Cetorhinus maximus Chiloscyllium plagiosum Dasyatis americana Dasyatis Centroura Dasyatis dipterura Dasyatis kuhlii Dasyatis longus Dasyatis pastinaca Dasyatis sabina Dasyatis sayi Dasyatis thetidis Diplobatus ommata Dipturus laevis Discopyge tschudii Eucrossorhinus dasypogon Galeocerdo cuvier Ginglymostoma cirratum Gymnura altavela Hemiscyllium trispeculare Heterodontus francisci Heterodontus portusjacksoni Heterodontus zebra Hexanchus griseus Hexanchus nakamurai Himantura fai Himantura jenkinsii Himantura schmardae Himantura undulata Hydrolagus colliei Hypnos monopterygium Isurus oxyrinchus Lamna nasus Malacoraja senta Manta birostris Mobula hypostoma Mustelus californicus Mustelus canis Mustelus henlei Mustelus sinusmexicanus Myliobatis aquila myliobatis australis Myliobatis californicus Narcine braziliensis Narcine entemedor Negaprion brevirostris Notorhinchus cepedianus Odontaspis ferox Orectolobus halei Orectolobus maculatus Orectolobus ornatus Orectolobus wardi Pastinachus sephen Platyrhinoidis triseriata Potamotrygon castexi Potamotrygon motoro Potamotrygon schroederi Prionace glauca Pristis microdon Pristis pectinata Pristis zijsron Raja binoculata Raja clavata Raja erinacea Raja Rhina Raja stellulata Raja velezi Rhina ancylostoma Rhincodon typus Rhinobatos lentiginosus Rhinobatos productos Rhinoptera bonasus Rhizoprionodon longurio Rhizoprionodon terraenovae Rhynchobatus australiae Schroederichthys chilensis Scyliorhinus canicula Scyliorhinus retifer Somniosus microcephalus Sphyrna lewini Sphyrna media Sphyrna mokorran Sphyrna tiburo Sphyrna zygaena Squalus acanthias Sualus suckleyi Squalus cubensis Squatina californica Squatina squatina Sutorectus tentaculatus Sympterygia brevicaudata Taeniura grabata Taeniura lymma Taeniura meyeni Torpedo marmorata Triakis semifasciata Triaenodon obesus Trygonoptera ovalis Trygonoptera personata Trygonoptera testacea Urobatis concentricus Urobatis halleri Urobatis jamaicensis Urobatis maculatus Urolophus gigas Urolophus kapalae Urolophus sp. Urotrygon rogersi Zapteryx exasperata
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SHARK & RAY PICTURES

(Including Skates and Chimaeras)