Shark Relatives

The shark’s closest relatives are skates and rays, of which there are over 600 different species. Other lesser-known relatives are the chimaeras, which are rare in today’s oceans. Chondrichthyans Collectively, sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras are known as Chondrichthyans. In general, this group is characterised by a cartilaginous skeleton (as opposed to a bony one), … Read more

The Shovel Nose Shark, also known as the Shovelnose Guitarfish and Sand Shark, is actually not a shark at all, it is a type of ray. It looks like a shark and a ray had a baby, so it is easy to get confused. It has the typical wing-like pectoral fin of a ray and … Read more