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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Sharks portal The dwarf gulper shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus) is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. The maximum total length recorded for the...
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humans. Gulper sharks reach maturity at around age 12 to 16 years for females, and age 7 to 8 years for males. The maturity of a gulper shark can be determined...
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(dwarf gulper shark) Centrophorus granulosus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (gulper shark) Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915 (dumb gulper shark) Centrophorus...
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The mosaic gulper shark (Centrophorus tessellatus) is a small rare deepwater dogfish, found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan and the Hawaiian...
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Bonnethead (redirect from Bonnethead shark)
bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae...
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bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin...
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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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identified as a variant of the dumb gulper shark, however was differentiated based on morphology. The western gulper is known from the waters of Western...
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Viper dogfish (redirect from Viper shark)
The viper dogfish or viper shark (Trigonognathus kabeyai) is a rare species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, and the only extant member of...
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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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Centrophoridae (category Shark families)
(dwarf gulper shark) Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801). (gulper shark) Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915 (dumb gulper shark) Centrophorus...
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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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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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The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae, known for its yellowish color, which inspires its common...
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The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the North Pacific on continental shelves and slopes...
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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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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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genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down...
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Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many...
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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body...
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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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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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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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Squalidae (redirect from Dogfish shark)
Centrophoridae – gulper sharks Dalatiidae – kite-fin sharks Echinorhinidae – bramble sharks Etmopteridae – lantern sharks Oxynotidae – rough sharks Somniosidae...
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Cow sharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits. Its 37 species are placed within the 10 genera:...
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Spiny dogfish (redirect from Spiny Dogfish Shark)
acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes...
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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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