Species Index

Group: Shark and Ray Families

Family	Genus	Scientific Name	Common Name
Myliobatidae	Aetobatus	Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)	Whitespotted Eagle Ray
Rhinobatidae	Aptychotrema	Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw, 1794)	Eastern Shovelnose Ray
Dasyatidae	Bathytoshia	Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)	Smooth Stingray
Brachaeluridae	Brachaelurus	Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)	Blind Shark
Odontaspididae	Carcharias	Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)	Grey Nurse Shark
Dasyatidae	Hemitrygon	Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)	Estuary Stingray
Heterodontidae	Heterodontus	Heterodontus galeatus (Gunther, 1870)	Crested Horn Shark
Hypnidae	Hypnos	Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)	Coffin Ray
Myliobatidae	Mobula	Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868)	Alfred Manta
Myliobatidae	Myliobatis	Myliobatis australis (Macleay, 1881)	Southern Eagle Ray
Dasyatidae	Neotrygon	Neotrygon kuhlii (Muller and Henle, 1841)	Blue Spotted Maskray
Orectolobidae	Orectolobus	Orectolobus halei (Whitley, 1940)	Banded Carpet Shark
Orectolobidae	Orectolobus	Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)	Spotted Wobbegong
Orectolobidae	Orectolobus	Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)	Dwarf Ornate Wobbegong
Rhinobatidae	Rhynchobatis	Rhynchobatis australiae (Whitley, 1939)	Giant Guitarfish
Stegostomatidae	Stegostoma	Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)	Zebra Shark
Dasyatidae	Taeniura	Taeniura meyeni (Muller and Henle, 1841)	Blotched Fantail Ray
Urolophidae	Trygonoptera	Trygonoptera testacea (Muller and Henle, 1841)	Common Stingaree
Rhinobatidae	Trygonorrhina	Trygonorrhina fasciata (Muller and Henle, 1841)	Fiddler Ray

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