• Thumbnail for Blind shark
    The blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi) is one of two species of carpet sharks in the family Brachaeluridae, along with the bluegrey carpetshark (Brachaelurus...
    13 KB (1,574 words) - 08:26, 14 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Carpet shark
    Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many...
    28 KB (1,816 words) - 08:25, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shark
    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...
    143 KB (14,302 words) - 06:21, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of sharks
    Blacktail reef shark Blacktailed spurdog Blacktip reef shark Blacktip sawtail catshark Blacktip shark Blacktip tope Black wonder catshark Blind shark Blotched...
    84 KB (6,895 words) - 09:28, 17 November 2024
  • reef shark Black mackerel Black scalyfin Black sea bass Black scabbardfish Black swallower Black tetra Black triggerfish Bleak Blenny Blind goby Blind shark...
    26 KB (1,988 words) - 08:56, 29 October 2024
  • 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...
    14 KB (1,604 words) - 02:31, 25 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blue shark
    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...
    33 KB (3,860 words) - 00:41, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tiger shark
    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...
    51 KB (5,401 words) - 03:37, 12 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zebra shark
    The zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) is a species of carpet shark and the sole member of the family Stegostomatidae. It is found throughout the tropical...
    26 KB (3,050 words) - 23:07, 24 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lemon shark
    The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae, known for its yellowish color, which inspires its common...
    26 KB (2,974 words) - 00:24, 28 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Epaulette shark
    species are the itar shark and the blind shark (also used for Brachaelurus waddi). Goto's 2002 morphological analysis of the carpet sharks showed the genus...
    25 KB (2,963 words) - 01:52, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pacific sleeper shark
    The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could...
    15 KB (1,576 words) - 00:35, 22 November 2024
  • 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...
    11 KB (1,252 words) - 00:38, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oceanic whitetip shark
    The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body...
    32 KB (3,444 words) - 00:28, 1 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Ganges shark
    The Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra River...
    26 KB (3,054 words) - 21:08, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bluegrey carpetshark
    water, the bluegrey carpetshark will close its eyes like the related blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi). It feeds on benthic invertebrates and bony fishes...
    8 KB (1,063 words) - 10:41, 17 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brachaelurus
    Brachaelurus (redirect from Blind sharks)
    Brachaelurus (blind sharks) is the sole genus of sharks in the family Brachaeluridae in the order Orectolobiformes. Only two extant species of blind sharks occur...
    4 KB (347 words) - 17:56, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cow shark
    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:...
    9 KB (743 words) - 10:15, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Wobbegong
    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...
    14 KB (1,519 words) - 17:44, 17 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bullhead shark
    The bullhead sharks are members of the genus Heterodontus, the only members of the family Heterodontidae and only living members of the order Heterodontiformes...
    10 KB (909 words) - 17:29, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gummy shark
    gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus), also known as the Australian smooth hound, flake, sweet william or smooth dog-shark, is a species of ground shark in...
    26 KB (3,374 words) - 22:04, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bonnethead
    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...
    13 KB (1,390 words) - 17:14, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Whale shark
    The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual...
    67 KB (7,339 words) - 03:16, 22 December 2024
  • 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...
    5 KB (553 words) - 21:04, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sawshark
    Sawshark (redirect from Saw shark)
    A sawshark or saw shark is a member of a shark order (Pristiophoriformes /prɪstiˈɒfɒrɪfɔːrmiːz/) bearing a unique long, saw-like rostrum (snout or bill)...
    24 KB (2,654 words) - 16:31, 22 November 2024
  • 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...
    20 KB (2,571 words) - 01:40, 5 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for School shark
    genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down...
    13 KB (1,362 words) - 19:03, 7 August 2024
  • 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...
    11 KB (1,116 words) - 00:13, 23 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spiny dogfish
    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...
    22 KB (2,372 words) - 02:38, 14 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Greenland shark
    Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely...
    50 KB (5,221 words) - 22:40, 28 December 2024