Opinions from D. J. Cicimurri and J. L. Knight 2009

  • 'Acrodobatis serra is recombined as Nebrius serra'
  • 'Alopias belongs to Alopiidae'
  • 'Alopias macrourus belongs to Alopias' according to Rafinesque 1810
  • 'Alopiidae belongs to Lamniformes'
  • 'Batomorphii belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Bythaelurus belongs to Scyliorhinidae'
  • 'Carcharhinidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Carcharhiniformes belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Carcharhinus belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Carcharias belongs to Odontaspididae'
  • 'Carcharias (Aprionodon) gibbesi is recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesi'
  • 'Carcharias taurus belongs to Carcharias'
  • 'Carcharocles belongs to Otodontidae'
  • 'Cetorhinidae belongs to Lamniformes'
  • 'Cetorhinus belongs to Cetorhinidae'
  • 'Cetorhinus parvus belongs to Cetorhinus'
  • 'Dasyatidae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Dasyatis belongs to Dasyatidae'
  • 'Dasyatis cavernosa belongs to Dasyatis'
  • 'Dasyatis rugosa belongs to Dasyatis'
  • 'Galeorhinus belongs to Triakidae'
  • 'Galeus aduncus is recombined as Physogaleus aduncus'
  • 'Ginglymostomatidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Gymnura belongs to Gymnuridae'
  • 'Gymnuridae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Hemigaleidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Hemipristis belongs to Hemigaleidae'
  • 'Hemipristis serra belongs to Hemipristis'
  • 'Lamna cuspidata is recombined as Carcharias cuspidatus'
  • 'Lamniformes belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Manta fragilis belongs to Manta' according to Cappetta 1970
  • 'Manta fragilis is recombined as Paramobula fragilis'
  • 'Mobula loupianensis belongs to Mobula'
  • 'Mobulidae was reranked as the subfamily Mobulinae and belongs to Myliobatidae'
  • 'Myliobatidae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Myliobatiformes belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Myliobatinae belongs to Myliobatidae'
  • 'Nebrius belongs to Ginglymostomatidae'
  • 'Nebrius concolor belongs to Nebrius' according to Ruppel 1837
  • 'Nebrius concolor belongs to Nebrius'
  • 'Neoselachii belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Odontaspididae belongs to Lamniformes'
  • 'Orectolobiformes belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Otodontidae belongs to Lamniformes'
  • 'Paramobula belongs to Mobulinae'
  • 'Physogaleus belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Plinthicus belongs to Rhinopterinae'
  • 'Plinthicus stenodon belongs to Plinthicus'
  • 'Raja belongs to Rajidae'
  • 'Raja mccollumi belongs to Raja'
  • 'Rajidae belongs to Rajiformes'
  • 'Rajiformes belongs to Batomorphii'
  • 'Rhincodon belongs to Rhincodontidae'
  • 'Rhincodontidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Rhiniodon typus belongs to Rhiniodon' according to Smith 1828
  • 'Rhiniodon typus is recombined as Rhincodon typus'
  • 'Rhinoptera belongs to Rhinopterinae'
  • 'Rhinopteridae was reranked as the subfamily Rhinopterinae and belongs to Myliobatidae'
  • 'Rhizoprionodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Rhynchobatidae belongs to Rajiformes'
  • 'Rhynchobatus pristinus belongs to Rhynchobatus'
  • 'Scyliorhinidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Sphyrna belongs to Sphyrnidae'
  • 'Sphyrna media belongs to Sphyrna'
  • 'Sphyrnidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Squalus maximus belongs to Squalus' according to Gunner 1765
  • 'Squalus vulipinis is recombined as Alopias vulpinus'
  • 'Squalus zygaena is recombined as Sphyrna zygaena'
  • 'Squatina belongs to Squatinidae'
  • 'Squatina angeloides belongs to Squatina'
  • 'Squatinidae belongs to Squatiniformes'
  • 'Squatiniformes belongs to Neoselachii'
  • 'Triakidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Zygobates studeri is recombined as Rhinoptera studeri'