Rhinopristiformes
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Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) | |
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Order: | Rhinopristiformes Naylor, et al., 2012
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Rhinopristiformes is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.
Families
- Family Glaucostegidae (giant guitarfishes)
- Family Pristidae (sawfishes)
- Family Rhinidae (wedgefishes)
- Family Rhinobatidae (guitarfishes)
- Family Trygonorrhinidae (banjo rays)
Two additional families are associated with the order but their phylogenetic relationships remain to be fully resolved:
- Family Platyrhinidae (fanrays)
- Family Zanobatidae (panrays)