
According to the Atlas of Living Australia, 67 species of elasmobranchii (sharks, skates and rays) have been recorded in South Australian waters. Conservation status information (where available) is included, courtesy of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Genus | Species | Common name | Described | IUCN Status |
Alopias | vulpinus | Thresher shark | 1788, Bonnaterre | Data deficient |
Aptychotrema | rostrata | Eastern shovelnose ray | 1794, Saw & Nodder | |
Aptychotrema | vincentiana | Western shovelnose ray | 1885, Haacke | Least concern |
Asymbolus | submaculatus | Variegated catshark | 1999, Compagno, Stevens & Last | Least concern |
Asymbolus | vincenti | Gulf catshark | 1908, Zietz | Least concern |
Carcharhinus | brachyurus | Bronze whaler | 1870, Günther | Near Threatened |
Carcharhinus | obscurus | Dusky whaler | 1818, Lesueur | Near Threatened (lower risk) |
Carcharodon | carcharias | Great white shark | 1758, Linnaeus | Vulnerable |
Centrophorus | moluccensis | Endeavour dogfish | 1860, Bleeker | Data deficient |
Cephaloscyllium | isabellum | Draughtboard shark | 1788, Bonnaterre | Least concern |
Cetorhinus | maximus | Basking shark | 1765, Gunnerus | Vulnerable |
Dasyatis | brevicaudata | Smooth stingray | 1875, Hutton | Least concern |
Dasyatis | pastinaca | Blue stingray | 1758, Linnaeus | |
Deania | calceus | Brier shark | 1839, Lowe | Least concern |
Deania | quadrispinosa | Longsnout dogfish | 1915, McCulloch | |
Dentiraja | flindersi | Pygmy thornback skate | 2008, Last & Gledhill | |
Dentiraja | lemprieri | Thornback skate | 1845, Richardson | |
Dipturus | cerva | Whitespotted skate | 1939, Whitley | |
Dipturus | gudgeri | Bight skate | 1940, Whitley | |
Furgaleus | macki | Whiskery shark | 1943, Whitley | Least concern |
Galeocerdo | cuvier | Tiger shark | 1822, Péron & Lesueur | Near Threatened (lower risk) |
Galeorhinus | galeus | School shark | 1758, Linnaeus | Vulnerable |
Heterodontus | portusjacksoni | Port Jackson Shark | 1793, Meyer | Least concern (lower risk) |
Hypnos | monopterygius | Coffin ray | 1795, Shaw & Nodder | Least concern |
Irolita | waitii | Southern round skate | 1911, McCulloch | |
Irolita | westraliensis | Western round skate | 2008, Last & Gledhill | |
Isurus | oxyrinchus | Shortfin mako | 1810, Rafinesque | Near Threatened (lower risk) |
Mitsukurina | owstoni | Goblin shark | 1898, Jordan | Least concern |
Mustelus | antarcticus | Gummy shark | 1870, Günther | |
Mustelus | walkeri | Eastern spotted gummy shark | 2008, White & Last | Least concern |
Myliobatis | australis | Southern eagle ray | 1881, Macleay | Least concern |
Myliobatis | tenuicaudatus | Eagle ray | 1877, Hector | Least concern |
Narcine | tasmaniensis | Tasmanian numbfish | 1841, Richardson | |
Notorynchus | cepedianus | Broadnose shark | 1807, Péron | Data deficient |
Orectolobus | halei | Banded wobbegong | 1940, Whitley | Near Threatened |
Orectolobus | maculatus | Spotted wobbegong | 1788, Bonnaterre | Near Threatened |
Parascyllium | collare | Collar carpetshark | 1888, Ramsay & Ogilby | Least concern |
Parascyllium | ferrugineum | Rusty carpetshark | 1911, McCulloch | Least concern |
Parascyllium | variolatum | Varied carpetshark | 1853, Duméril | Least concern |
Parmaturus | pilosus | Salamander shark | 1906, Garman | |
Prionace | glauca | Blue shark | 1758, Linnaeus | Near Threatened (lower risk) |
Pristiophorus | cirratus | Common sawshark | 1794, Latham | Least concern |
Pristiophorus | nudipinnis | Southern sawshark | 1870, Günther | Least concern |
Pristis | zijsron | Green sawfish | 1851, Bleeker | Critically endangered |
Sphyrna | zygaena | Smooth hammerhead | 1758, Linnaeus | Near Threatened (lower risk) |
Spiniraja | whitleyi | Melbourne skate | 1938, Iredale | |
Squalus | acanthias | Whitespotted dogfish | 1758, Linnaeus | Vulnerable |
Squalus | blainville | Bigeye dogfish | 1826, Risso | |
Squalus | megalops | Spikey dogfish | 1881, Macleay | Data deficient |
Squalus | mitsukurii | Shortspine spurdog | 2003, Jordan & Snyder | Data deficient |
Squatina | albipunctata | Eastern angelshark | 2008, Last & White | |
Squatina | australis | Australian angelshark | 1906, Regan | Least concern |
Squatina | squatina | Angel | 1758, Linnaeus | Critically endangered |
Squatina | tergocellata | Ornate angelshark | 1914, McCulloch | Least concern |
Sutorectus | tentaculatus | Cobbler wobbegong | 1864, Peters | Least concern |
Trygonoptera | imitata | Eastern shovelnose stingaree | 2008, Yearsley, Last & Gomon | |
Trygonoptera | mucosa | Western shovelnose stingaree | 1939, Whitley | Least concern |
Trygonoptera | ovalis | Striped stingaree | 1987, Last & Gomon | Least concern |
Trygonoptera | testacea | Common stingaree | 1841, Müller & Henle | Least concern |
Trygonorrhina | dumerilii | Southern fiddler ray | 1873, Castelnau | Least concern |
Trygonorrhina | fasciata | Eastern fiddler ray | 1841, Müller & Henle | Least concern |
Urolophus | cruciatus | Banded stingaree | 1804, Lacépède | Least concern |
Urolophus | expansus | Wide stingaree | 1916, McCulloch | Least concern |
Urolophus | gigas | Spotted stingaree | 1954, Scott | Least concern |
Urolophus | orarius | Coastal stingaree | 1987, Last & Gomon | Endangered |
Urolophus | paucimaculatus | Sparsely-spotted stingaree | 1969, Dixon | Least concern |
Urolophus | viridis | Greenback stingaree | 1916, McCulloch | Vulnerable |