Echinorhinus

For the ancestor of cartilaginous fishes like sharks, see Acanthodii.

Echinorhinus
Temporal range:
Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus; mounted specimen, Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa
Prickly shark, Echinorhinus cookei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Superorder: Squalomorphi
Series: Squatinida
Order: Echinorhiniformes
de Buen, 1926
Family: Echinorhinidae
T. N. Gill, 1862
Genus: Echinorhinus
Blainville, 1816
The distribution of the two Echinorhinus species

Echinorhinus is the only extant genus in the family Echinorhinidae, either a family within the large order Squaliformes or their own monotypic order Echinorhiniformes. The two extant species possess enlarged denticles forming prominent spines or thorns on their skin.

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