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{{Taxobox
| name = 鳐总目<br />Batoidea
|image = Leucoraja_erinacea.jpg
| image = Atlantic mobula lisbon.jpg
|image_width = 250px
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = 日常生活所講的[[魔鬼魚]]([[無刺蝠鱝]];{{lang|la|''Mobula mobular''}})亦為鳐总目的成員。
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|250|0|Early Triassic-Recent|ref=<ref name=EoF>{{Citation |editor=Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.|author= Stevens, J. & Last, P.R.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|page= 60|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref>}}
|regnum = [[動物界]] Animalia
|regnum = [[動物界]] Animalia
|phylum = [[脊索動物門]] Chordata
|phylum = [[脊索動物門]] Chordata
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|superordo='''鰩總目 Batoidea'''
|superordo='''鰩總目 Batoidea'''
|subdivision_ranks = [[目 (生物)|目]]
|subdivision_ranks = [[目 (生物)|目]]
|subdivision =
| subdivision =
* [[Torpediniformes]]
* [[Pristiformes]]
* [[Rajiformes]]
* [[Myliobatiformes]]
}}
}}
[[File:Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)2.jpg|thumb|253px|right|{{center|[[Spotted eagle ray]], ''Aetobatus narinari''}}]]


'''鳐总目'''(學名:{{lang|la|'''Batoidea'''}})
'''鳐总目'''(學名:{{lang|la|'''Batoidea'''}})
'''Batoidea''' is a [[superorder]] of [[Chondrichthyes|cartilaginous fish]] commonly known as '''rays''' and [[Skate (fish)|skate]]s, approximately 560 described species in thirteen families. They are in the fish subclass [[Elasmobranchii]], along with [[shark]]s, to which they are closely related. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged [[pectoral fin]]s that are fused to the head, and [[gill slit]]s that are placed on their ventral surfaces.


==Anatomy==
又名魮鲪目是一群身体渾圓的软骨鱼,属于[[板鳃类]],在[[型態]]上和[[鲨鱼]]很接近,尤其和[[鼠鯊目]]更接近,因此和鲨同属于一类,鳐一般在海中棲息,濾食浮游生物,口和鳃裂都是腹位,只有少数种类是在在淡水中生活或底棲,臀鳍大,胸鳍消失,以[[浮游生物]]和[[甲殼類]]为食物,体形差异相当大,大的有几米长,小的只有几厘米,也有可以作为[[宠物]]饲养的品种。除了能发电的[[电鳐目]]单独分出以外,鳐目的鱼可以分为14个[[科 (生物)|科]],是板鳃类中最大的[[目 (生物)|目]]。
Batoids are flat-bodied, and, like sharks, are [[Chondrichthyes|cartilaginous marine fish]], meaning they have a boneless [[skeleton]] made of a tough, elastic substance. Most batoids have five [[ventral]] slot-like body openings called [[gill slits]] that lead from the [[gills]], but the [[Hexatrygonidae]] have six.{{Sfn | Martin | 2010}} Batoid gill slits lie under the [[pectoral fin]]s on the underside, whereas a shark's are on the sides of the head. Most batoids have a flat, disk-like body, with the exception of the [[guitarfish]]es and [[sawfish (fish)|sawfishes]], while most sharks have a streamlined body. Many species of batoid have developed their pectoral fins into broad flat wing-like appendages. The [[anal fin]] is absent. The eyes and [[spiracle]]s are located on top of the head. Batoids have a ventrally located mouth and can considerably protrude their upper jaw (palatoquadrate cartilage) away from the cranium to capture prey.<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Motta | first1 = PJ | last2 = Wilga | first2 = CD | year = 2001 | title = Advances in the study of feeding behaviors, mechanisms, and mechanics of sharks | journal = Environmental Biology of Fishes | volume = 60 | pages = 131–56 | doi = 10.1023/A:1007649900712}}.</ref> The jaws have euhyostylic type suspension, which relies completely on the hyomandibular cartilages for support.<ref>{{Citation | last = Wilga | first = CAD | year = 2008 | title = Evolutionary divergence in the feeding mechanism of fishes | journal = Acta Geologica Polonica | volume = 58 | pages = 113–20}}.</ref> Bottom-dwelling batoids breathe by taking water in through the [[spiracle]]s, rather than through the mouth as most fishes do, and passing it outward through the gills.<ref>http://www.ilbe.com</ref>


==Reproduction==
* [[圓犁头鳐科]] (Rhynchobatidae)
Batoids reproduce in a number of ways. As is characteristic of elasmobranchs, batoids undergo internal fertilisation. Internal fertilisation is advantageous to batoids as it conserves sperm, does not expose eggs to consumption by predators, and ensures that all the energy involved in reproduction is retained and not lost to the environment.<ref name="AtlanCan">{{cite web| url = http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/skatesandrays/Reproduction%20Overall.htm |title = Reproduction overall | work = Skates and rays of Atlantic Canada |publisher= Canadian Shark Research Lab, Bedford Institute of Oceanography & Marine Fish Species, Risk Section, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center | accessdate = 27 May 2012}}</ref> All skates and some rays are oviparous (egg laying) while other rays are "aplacental viviparous", meaning that they give birth to young which develop in a womb but without involvement of a placenta.
* [[犁头鳐科]] (Rhinobatidae)
* [[鳐科]] (Rajidae)
* [[单鳍鳐科]] (Anacanthobatidae)
* [[无鳍鳐科]] (Arhynchobatidae)
* [[拟鮄科]] (Pseudofamidae)


The eggs of oviparous skates are laid in leathery egg cases that are commonly known as [[mermaid's purse]]s and which often wash up empty on beaches in areas where skates are common.

==Habitat==
Most species live on the sea floor, in a variety of geographical regions — mainly in coastal waters, although some live in deep waters to at least {{convert|3000|m|ft}}. Most batoids have a [[cosmopolitan distribution]], preferring tropical and subtropical marine environments, although there are temperate and cold-water species. Only a few species, like [[manta ray]]s, live in the open sea, and only a few live in freshwater, while some batoids can live in brackish bays and estuaries.

==Feeding==
Most batoids have developed heavy, rounded teeth for crushing the shells of bottom-dwelling species such as [[snails]], [[clams]], [[oysters]], [[crustacean]]s, and some [[fish]], depending on the species. [[Manta ray]]s feed on [[plankton]].

==Classification==
{{cladogram|title=|caption=Phylogenetic tree of Batoidea{{Sfn | McEachran | Aschliman | 2004}}{{Rp| needed = yes|date=October 2012}}
|clades={{clade|style=font-size:80%;line-height:80%
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|1=[[Selachimorpha]]
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|2={{clade
|1=[[Torpediniformes]]
|label1=<span style="color:white;">void</span>
|2={{clade
|1=[[Pristiformes]]
|label1=<span style="color:white;">void</span>
|2={{clade
|1=[[Rajiformes]]
|label1=<span style="color:white;">void</span>
|2=[[Myliobatiformes]]
|label2=<span style="color:white;">void</span>
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}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
The classification of batoids is currently undergoing revision; however, molecular evidence refutes the hypothesis that skates and rays are derived sharks.<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Douady | first1 = CJ | last2 = Dosay | first2 = M | last3 = Shivji | first3 = MS | last4 = Stanhope | first4 = MJ | year = 2003 | title = Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 26 | pages = 215–21 | doi = 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00333-0 | pmid = 12565032 | issue = 2}}.</ref> Nelson's 2006 ''Fishes of the World'' recognizes four orders. The [[Mesozoic]] [[Sclerorhynchoidea]] are [[basal (evolution)|basal]] or ''[[incertae sedis]]''; they show features of the Rajiformes but have snouts resembling those of sawfishes.

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{| class=" wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Order
! rowspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Common name
! rowspan=2 | Family
! rowspan=2 | Genera
! colspan=4 | Species
! rowspan=2 | Comment
! rowspan=2 | Sources
|-
! Total
! [[File:CR IUCN 3 1.svg]]
! [[File:EN IUCN 3 1.svg]]
! [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg]]
|-
! style="background:rgb(110,110,170)" | ''[[Myliobatiformes|<span style="color:white;">Myliobatiformes</span>]]''
| [[File:Myliobatis aquila sasrája.jpg|140px]]
| align=center | [[Myliobatiformes|Stingrays]] and related species
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 29
| align=center | 223
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 16
| align=center | 33
| valign="top" | [[Myliobatiformes]] include [[stingray]]s, [[butterfly ray]]s, [[eagle ray]]s, and [[manta ray]]s. They were formerly included in the order [[Rajiformes]], but more-recent [[phylogenetic]] studies have shown that they are a [[monophyletic group]], and that its more-[[Synapomorphy|derived]] members evolved their highly flattened shapes independently of the [[Skate (fish)|skate]]s.<ref name="nelson">{{Citation |title=Fishes of the World |author=Nelson, J.S. |edition=fourth |publisher=John Wiley |year=2006 |isbn=0-471-25031-7 |pages=69–82}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:rgb(130,130,180)" | ''[[Rajiformes|<span style="color:white;">Rajiformes</span>]]''
| [[File:Amblyraja hyperborea1.jpg|140px]]
| align=center | [[Rajiformes|Skates]] and related species
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 36
| align=center | 270
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 12
| align=center | 26
| valign="top" | [[Rajiformes]] include [[Skate (fish)|skate]]s, [[guitarfish]]es, and [[wedgefish]]es. They are distinguished by the presence of greatly enlarged [[pectoral fin]]s, which reach as far forward as the sides of the head, with a generally flattened body. The undulatory pectoral fin motion diagnostic to this taxon is known as rajiform locomotion. The eyes and [[spiracle]]s are located on the upper surface of the body, and the gill slits on the underside. They have flattened, crushing teeth, and are generally carnivorous. Most species give birth to live young, although some lay eggs inside a protective capsule or [[mermaid's purse]].
| align=center |
|-
! style="background:rgb(110,110,170)" | ''[[Torpediniformes|<span style="color:white;">Torpediniformes</span>]]''
| [[File:Torpedo torpedo corsica2.jpg|140px]]
| align=center | [[Electric ray]]s
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 12
| align=center | 69
| align=center | 2
| align=center |
| align=center | 9
| valign=top | The electric rays have [[electric organ]]s in their pectoral fin discs that generate [[electric current]]. They are used to immobilize prey and for defense. The current is strong enough to stun humans, and the [[ancient Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]]s used these fish to treat ailments such as [[headache]]s.<ref name="bullock">{{Citation | last1 = Bullock | first1 = Theodore Holmes | last2 = Hopkins | first2 = Carl D | last3 = Popper | first3 = Arthur N | last4 = Fay | first4 = Richard R | title = Electroreception | pages = 5–7 | publisher = Springer | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-387-23192-7}}</ref>
| align=center |
|-
! style="background:rgb(130,130,180)" | ''[[Pristiformes|<span style="color:white;">Pristiformes</span>]]''
| [[File:Sawfish genova.jpg|140px]]
| align=center | [[Sawfish]]
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 5-7
| align=center | 3-5
| align=center | 2
| align=center |
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|quote = All sawfish species are endangered or critically endangered <ref>Faria VV, McDavitt MT, Charvet P, Wiley TR, Simpfendorfer CA and Naylor GJP (2013) [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00872.x/full "Species delineation and global population structure of Critically Endangered sawfishes (Pristidae)"] ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', '''167''' (1): 136–164. {{doi|10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00872.x}}</ref>
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The sawfishes are shark-like in form, having tails used for swimming and smaller [[pectoral fin]]s than most batoids. The pectoral fins are attached above the gills as in all batoids, giving the fishes a broad-headed appearance. They have long, flat snouts with a row of tooth-like projections on either side. The snouts are up to 1.8&nbsp;metres (6&nbsp;ft) long, and 30&nbsp;centimetres (1&nbsp;ft) wide, and are used for slashing and impaling small fishes and to probe in the mud for embedded animals. Sawfishes can enter freshwater rivers and lakes. Some species reach a total length of 6&nbsp;metres (20&nbsp;ft).
| align=center |
|}

===Order Torpediniformes===
{{main|Electric ray}}
* Family [[Narcinidae]] (numbfishes)
* Family [[Torpedinidae]] (torpedo electric rays)

===Order Pristiformes===
{{main|Sawfish}}
* Family [[Pristidae]] (sawfishes)

===Order Rajiformes===
{{main|Rajiformes}}
* Family [[Anacanthobatidae]] (smooth skates)
* Family [[Rajidae]] (skates)
* Family [[Rhinidae]] (bowmouth guitarfishes)
* Family [[Rhinobatidae]] (guitarfishes)
* Family [[Rhynchobatidae]] (wedgefishes)

===Order Myliobatiformes===
{{main|Myliobatiformes}}
* Family [[Dasyatidae]] (whiptail stingrays)
* Family [[Gymnuridae]] (butterfly rays)
* Family [[Hexatrygonidae]] (sixgill stingrays)
* Family [[Myliobatidae]] (eagle rays)
* Family [[Platyrhinidae]] (thornbacks)
* Family [[Plesiobatidae]] (deepwater stingrays)
* Family [[Potamotrygonidae]] (river stingrays)
* Family [[Urolophidae]] (round stingrays)
* Family [[Urotrygonidae]] (American round stingrays)
* Family [[Zanobatidae]] (panrays)
*southern stingrays
{{anchor|Anchor:Shark/Ray}}

==Difference between sharks and rays==
Sharks and rays are both [[cartilaginous fish]]es which can be [[Bony versus cartilaginous|contrasted with bony fishes]]. Rays are basically flattened sharks, adapted for feeding on the bottom. [[Guitarfish]] are somewhat between sharks and rays show characteristics of both (though they are classified as rays).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=5 | Comparison of [[shark]]s, [[guitar fish]]es and rays
|-
! Characteristic
! width=235 | Shark
! width=235 | Guitar fish
! width=235 | Ray
! Sources
|-
| Shape
| [[Lateral (anatomy)|laterally]] compressed spindle
| [[dorsoventral]]ly compressed (flattened) disc
| [[dorsoventral]]ly compressed (flattened) disc
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| [[Spiracle]]s
| not always present
|
| always present
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| Habitat
| usually [[pelagic]] surface feeders, though [[carpet shark]]s are [[demersal]] [[bottom feeder]]s
| demersal/pelagic mix
| usually demersal bottom feeders
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| Eyes
| usually at the side of the head
| usually on top of the head
| usually on top of the head
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| [[Fish gill|Gill]] openings
| on the sides
|
| ventral (underneath)
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| [[Pectoral fin]]s
| distinct
| not distinct
| not distinct
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| Tail
| large [[caudal fin]] used for propulsion
| [[caudal fin]] that can be used for propulsion
| varies from thick tail as extension of body to a whip that can sting to almost no tail.
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
| [[Fish locomotion|Locomotion]]
| swim by moving their [[Caudal fin|caudal]] (tail) fin from side to side
| Guitar fish and [[sawfish]] have a caudal fin like the shark.
| swim by flapping their pectoral fins like wings.
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! colspan=1 style="background:rgb(255,255,255)" |
! colspan=1 style="background:rgb(255,255,255)" | [[File:Shark fish chondrichthyes.jpg|300px]]
! colspan=1 style="background:rgb(255,255,255)" | [[File:Rhina anyclostoma australia.jpg|200px]]
! colspan=1 style="background:rgb(255,255,255)" | [[File:Dasyatis brevicaudata 4x3.jpg|180px]]
! colspan=1 style="background:rgb(255,255,255)" |
|}

==References==
===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{Citation | title = Shark references | url = http://www.shark-references.com/}}. Database of bibliography of living/fossil sharks and rays (Chondrichtyes: Selachii) with more than 15.000 listed papers and many download links.
* {{Citation | first = R Aidan | last = Martin | publisher = ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research | url = http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/shark_profiles/batoids.htm |date=February 2010 | title = Elasmo research | contribution = Batoids: Sawfishes, Guitarfishes, Electric Rays, Skates, and Sting Rays}}.
* {{Citation | first1 = JD | last1 = McEachran | first2 = KA | last2 = Dunn | first3 = T | last3 = Miyake | year = 1996 | contribution = Interrelationships of the batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) | title = Interrelationships of Fishes | publisher = Academic Press}}.
* {{Citation | first1 = JD | last1 = McEachran | last2 = Aschliman | first2 = N | contribution = Phylogeny of batoidea | editor1-last = Carrier | editor1-first = JC | editor2-last = Musick | editor2-first = JA | editor3-last = Heithaus | editor3-first = MR | title = Biology of sharks and their relatives | place = Boca Raton | publisher = CRC Press | year = 2004 | pages = 79–114}}.
* [[Joseph S. Nelson|Nelson, Joseph S]] (2006) [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=exTV-GLnCB4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fishes+of+the+World,+4th+ed.+Joseph+S.+Nelson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VxkrUd3FFM6lkQXs54D4DA&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA ''Fishes of the World''] Edition 4, illustrated. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471756446. [http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/~conover/Textbooks/Fishes%2520of%2520the%2520World%2C%25204th%2520ed.%2520Joseph%2520S.%2520Nelson.pdf PDF]

==See also==
{{commonscat|Rajomorphii}}
* [[List of threatened rays]]

==External links==
* {{Citation | format = [[PDF]] | url = http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/recreational_fishing/fact_sheets/fact_sheet_rays.pdf | title = Fisheries | place = Western Australia | contribution = Rays Fact Sheet}}.

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鳐总目
Batoidea
化石時期: Early Triassic-Recent[1]
日常生活所講的魔鬼魚(無刺蝠鱝;Mobula mobular)亦為鳐总目的成員。
日常生活所講的魔鬼魚無刺蝠鱝Mobula mobular)亦為鳐总目的成員。
科學分類
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 軟骨魚綱 Chondrichthryes
亞綱: 板鰓亞綱 Elasmobramchii
超目: 鰩總目 Batoidea
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari

鳐总目(學名:BatoideaBatoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays and skates, approximately 560 described species in thirteen families. They are in the fish subclass Elasmobranchii, along with sharks, to which they are closely related. Rays are distinguished by their flattened bodies, enlarged pectoral fins that are fused to the head, and gill slits that are placed on their ventral surfaces.

Anatomy

Batoids are flat-bodied, and, like sharks, are cartilaginous marine fish, meaning they have a boneless skeleton made of a tough, elastic substance. Most batoids have five ventral slot-like body openings called gill slits that lead from the gills, but the Hexatrygonidae have six.[2] Batoid gill slits lie under the pectoral fins on the underside, whereas a shark's are on the sides of the head. Most batoids have a flat, disk-like body, with the exception of the guitarfishes and sawfishes, while most sharks have a streamlined body. Many species of batoid have developed their pectoral fins into broad flat wing-like appendages. The anal fin is absent. The eyes and spiracles are located on top of the head. Batoids have a ventrally located mouth and can considerably protrude their upper jaw (palatoquadrate cartilage) away from the cranium to capture prey.[3] The jaws have euhyostylic type suspension, which relies completely on the hyomandibular cartilages for support.[4] Bottom-dwelling batoids breathe by taking water in through the spiracles, rather than through the mouth as most fishes do, and passing it outward through the gills.[5]

Reproduction

Batoids reproduce in a number of ways. As is characteristic of elasmobranchs, batoids undergo internal fertilisation. Internal fertilisation is advantageous to batoids as it conserves sperm, does not expose eggs to consumption by predators, and ensures that all the energy involved in reproduction is retained and not lost to the environment.[6] All skates and some rays are oviparous (egg laying) while other rays are "aplacental viviparous", meaning that they give birth to young which develop in a womb but without involvement of a placenta.

The eggs of oviparous skates are laid in leathery egg cases that are commonly known as mermaid's purses and which often wash up empty on beaches in areas where skates are common.

Habitat

Most species live on the sea floor, in a variety of geographical regions — mainly in coastal waters, although some live in deep waters to at least 3,000米(9,800英尺). Most batoids have a cosmopolitan distribution, preferring tropical and subtropical marine environments, although there are temperate and cold-water species. Only a few species, like manta rays, live in the open sea, and only a few live in freshwater, while some batoids can live in brackish bays and estuaries.

Feeding

Most batoids have developed heavy, rounded teeth for crushing the shells of bottom-dwelling species such as snails, clams, oysters, crustaceans, and some fish, depending on the species. Manta rays feed on plankton.

Classification

Selachimorpha

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Torpediniformes

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Pristiformes

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Rajiformes

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Myliobatiformes

Phylogenetic tree of Batoidea[7][页码请求]

The classification of batoids is currently undergoing revision; however, molecular evidence refutes the hypothesis that skates and rays are derived sharks.[8] Nelson's 2006 Fishes of the World recognizes four orders. The Mesozoic Sclerorhynchoidea are basal or incertae sedis; they show features of the Rajiformes but have snouts resembling those of sawfishes.

Order Image Common name Family Genera Species Comment Sources
Total
Myliobatiformes Stingrays and related species 10 29 223 1 16 33 Myliobatiformes include stingrays, butterfly rays, eagle rays, and manta rays. They were formerly included in the order Rajiformes, but more-recent phylogenetic studies have shown that they are a monophyletic group, and that its more-derived members evolved their highly flattened shapes independently of the skates.[9]
Rajiformes Skates and related species 5 36 270 4 12 26 Rajiformes include skates, guitarfishes, and wedgefishes. They are distinguished by the presence of greatly enlarged pectoral fins, which reach as far forward as the sides of the head, with a generally flattened body. The undulatory pectoral fin motion diagnostic to this taxon is known as rajiform locomotion. The eyes and spiracles are located on the upper surface of the body, and the gill slits on the underside. They have flattened, crushing teeth, and are generally carnivorous. Most species give birth to live young, although some lay eggs inside a protective capsule or mermaid's purse.
Torpediniformes Electric rays 4 12 69 2 9 The electric rays have electric organs in their pectoral fin discs that generate electric current. They are used to immobilize prey and for defense. The current is strong enough to stun humans, and the ancient Greeks and Romans used these fish to treat ailments such as headaches.[10]
Pristiformes Sawfish 1 2 5-7 3-5 2
All sawfish species are endangered or critically endangered [11]

The sawfishes are shark-like in form, having tails used for swimming and smaller pectoral fins than most batoids. The pectoral fins are attached above the gills as in all batoids, giving the fishes a broad-headed appearance. They have long, flat snouts with a row of tooth-like projections on either side. The snouts are up to 1.8 metres (6 ft) long, and 30 centimetres (1 ft) wide, and are used for slashing and impaling small fishes and to probe in the mud for embedded animals. Sawfishes can enter freshwater rivers and lakes. Some species reach a total length of 6 metres (20 ft).

Order Torpediniformes

Order Pristiformes

Order Rajiformes

Order Myliobatiformes

Difference between sharks and rays

Sharks and rays are both cartilaginous fishes which can be contrasted with bony fishes. Rays are basically flattened sharks, adapted for feeding on the bottom. Guitarfish are somewhat between sharks and rays show characteristics of both (though they are classified as rays).

Comparison of sharks, guitar fishes and rays
Characteristic Shark Guitar fish Ray Sources
Shape laterally compressed spindle dorsoventrally compressed (flattened) disc dorsoventrally compressed (flattened) disc
Spiracles not always present always present
Habitat usually pelagic surface feeders, though carpet sharks are demersal bottom feeders demersal/pelagic mix usually demersal bottom feeders
Eyes usually at the side of the head usually on top of the head usually on top of the head
Gill openings on the sides ventral (underneath)
Pectoral fins distinct not distinct not distinct
Tail large caudal fin used for propulsion caudal fin that can be used for propulsion varies from thick tail as extension of body to a whip that can sting to almost no tail.
Locomotion swim by moving their caudal (tail) fin from side to side Guitar fish and sawfish have a caudal fin like the shark. swim by flapping their pectoral fins like wings.

References

Notes

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