Reef Sharks and Rays, Part 2
44 entries in the Reef Sharks and Rays, Part 2 compendium.
Sandbar sharkA large coastal shark with a high dorsal fin and interdorsal ridge.Silky sharkA swift, abundant pelagic shark with a smooth skin.Silvertip sharkA large requiem shark with distinctive white fin margins.Smalltail sharkA slim, critically endangered requiem shark of the western Atlantic.Smoothtooth blacktip sharkA rare requiem shark with smooth-edged teeth and black-tipped fins.Spinner sharkA swift, spinning predator of tropical and warm temperate seas.Spot-tail sharkA near-threatened requiem shark with black-tipped fins.Whitecheek sharkA slender requiem shark with a black-tipped second dorsal fin.Galeocerdo alabamensisExtinct tiger-like shark known mainly from tooth fossils.Tiger sharkA large, solitary predator with the broadest diet of any shark.Ganges sharkA rare, poorly known river shark with a disputed range.Glyphis (shark)River sharks of the genus Glyphis, poorly known and often sympatric with bull sharks.Northern river sharkA rare requiem shark of turbid tidal rivers and coastal waters.Speartooth sharkA rare river shark adapted to turbid tidal waters.Borneo broadfin sharkEndangered ground shark of turbid estuarine waters.Broadfin sharkA tropical requiem shark with broad pectoral fins, now endangered.Lemon sharkA yellowish, social shark found in shallow subtropical waters.Sicklefin lemon sharkA large, slow-moving Indo-Pacific shark with sickle-shaped fins.Atlantic sharpnose sharkA small requiem shark of warm, shallow Atlantic waters.Brazilian sharpnose sharkA small requiem shark vulnerable to overfishing and plastic pollution.Milk sharkA requiem shark named for a belief in lactation benefits.Pacific sharpnose sharkSmall viviparous shark migrating along Mexico's Pacific coast.ScoliodonGenus of requiem sharks with two living species.Spadenose sharkA small shark with the most advanced placental viviparity in fish.Brevitrygon walgaA small, heavily fished stingray of the west central Pacific.Brevitrygon manjajiaeA tropical ray targeted by trawlers, valued as a delicacy in India.Atlantic stingrayA small, euryhaline stingray of the western Atlantic coast.Blue stingrayA southern African whiptail stingray with blue markings.Bluntnose stingrayA bottom-dwelling ray with a venomous spine, found from Massachusetts to Venezuela.Broad stingrayA wide-ranging stingray common in Hawaiian inshore waters.Common stingrayA venomous, bottom-dwelling ray of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Giant stumptail stingrayA large, poorly known stingray from only two specimens.Groovebelly stingrayA stingray with a W-shaped belly furrow and smooth skin.Dasyatis marmorataA small stingray with blue blotches warning of toxicity.Pitted stingrayA Japanese stingray with a W-shaped groove and uncertain conservation status.Short-tail stingrayOne of the world's largest stingrays, found in Southern Hemisphere temperate waters.Southern stingrayA venomous but docile ray of the Western Atlantic.Thorntail stingrayOne of the largest stingrays, with a venomous tail spine.Marbled whiprayA freshwater stingray with a reticulated pattern and long whip-like tail.Roughback whiprayA rare freshwater stingray with a pearl organ on its back.White-edge freshwater whiprayA rare freshwater stingray with a white-edged disc and venomous tail spines.Colares stingrayA critically endangered stingray from the Amazon estuary.Daisy stingrayA West African stingray with a distinctive pearl spine on its back.Niger stingrayOne of two freshwater stingrays in Africa, critically endangered.
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