• Thumbnail for Longnose pygmy shark
    The longnose pygmy shark (Heteroscymnoides marleyi) is a rare species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae and the only member its genus. It is...
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    catshark Longnose catshark Longnose houndshark Longnose pygmy shark Longnose sawshark Longnose sawtail catshark Longnose sleeper shark Longnose spurdog...
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    Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely...
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    The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of ground shark, and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo and family Galeocerdonidae. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for Spined pygmy shark
    The spined pygmy shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans. Growing no larger...
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    Wobbegong (redirect from Wobbegong Shark)
    Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters...
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    acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfishes) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes...
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    The blue shark (Prionace glauca), also known as the great blue shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae and the only member of...
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  • Thumbnail for Longnose sawshark
    The longnose sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) or common sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. The longnose sawshark has a slender, slightly...
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    Sawshark (redirect from Saw shark)
    Saw sharks reach a length of up to 5 feet and a weight of 18.7 pounds, with females tending to be slightly larger than males. The body of a longnose saw...
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  • Thumbnail for Dwarf lanternshark
    9 in) long pregnant individuals known. The spined pygmy shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) and the pygmy ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis radcliffei) are known...
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    The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae, known for its yellowish skin, which inspires its common...
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  • Thumbnail for Port Jackson shark
    The Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) is a nocturnal, oviparous (egg laying) type of bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found...
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  • Thumbnail for Oceanic whitetip shark
    The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large requiem shark inhabiting the pelagic zone of tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a...
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  • Thumbnail for Pygmy shark
    Sharks portal The pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the second-smallest of all the shark species after the dwarf lanternshark, is a squaliform shark...
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  • Thumbnail for Atlantic sharpnose shark
    The Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) is a species of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the subtropical waters...
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    The bullhead sharks are members of the genus Heterodontus, the only members of the family Heterodontidae and only living members of the order Heterodontiformes...
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  • Thumbnail for Cookiecutter shark
    cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis), also called the cigar shark, is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae. This shark lives in...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern sleeper shark
    Sharks portal The southern sleeper shark, or Whitley's sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus), is a deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the family...
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  • Thumbnail for Carpet shark
    Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (given because many...
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    tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks and hammerhead sharks. Some sharks are filter-feeding planktivores, such as the whale shark and...
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  • Dalatiidae (redirect from Kitefin sharks)
    marleyi Fowler, 1934 (longnose pygmy shark) Isistius T. N. Gill, 1865 Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (cookiecutter shark) Isistius plutodus...
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  • Thumbnail for Pacific sleeper shark
    The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a very large shark of the family Somniosidae; the sleeper sharks. It is found in the Pacific Ocean...
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  • Thumbnail for Sandbar shark
    The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Dumb gulper shark
    Sharks portal The dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni) is a rare and endangered deepwater dogfish, found along the east coast of Australia and...
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  • Squalidae (redirect from Dogfish shark)
    dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering...
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  • Thumbnail for Smalleye pygmy shark
    The smalleye pygmy shark (Squaliolus aliae) is a little-known species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae, found in water 150–2,000 m (490–6,560 ft)...
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  • Thumbnail for Whitespotted bamboo shark
    The whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) is a species of carpet shark with an adult size that approaches one metre in length. This small...
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  • Thumbnail for Nurse shark
    The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is an elasmobranch fish in the family Ginglymostomatidae. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally...
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  • Thumbnail for Longnose velvet dogfish
    The longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found circumglobally in southern hemisphere subtropical...
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