Reef Sharks and Rays
41 entries in the Reef Sharks and Rays compendium.
Requiem sharkMigratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, often involved in attacks.AbdouniaAn extinct requiem shark genus known from Paleogene teeth.Blue sharkA widespread pelagic shark known for long migrations and large litters.River sharkRiver sharks are poorly known, sympatric with bull sharks.Whitetip reef sharkA small, nocturnal reef shark that rests in caves and hunts in groups.Whiptail stingrayA family of rays with whip-like tails and venomous stings.DasyatidaeWhiptail stingrays have venomous stings and whip-like tails.HeliobatisExtinct stingray from the Early Eocene Green River Formation.HemitrygonA genus of stingrays from Indo-Pacific waters, formerly synonymized with Dasyatis.HimanturaA genus of Indo-Pacific stingrays with disputed species boundaries.Hypanus rubioiA large-bodied benthic predator with a distinct elongated snout.MaskrayMaskrays are stingrays with a distinctive mask-like eye pattern.Neotrygon australiaeA whiptail stingray caught for local delicacy in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.Neotrygon orientalisA bluespotted maskray often confused with its close relatives.Pelagic stingrayThe only stingray that lives in the open ocean.PteroplatytrygonThe only stingray that lives in the open ocean.Roughtail stingrayThe largest whip-tail stingray in the Atlantic, with venomous spine.Telatrygon acutirostraA vulnerable stingray with a sharp snout, known only from Japan and the East China Sea.CarcharhinusType genus of Carcharhinidae, containing over half its species.Australian blacktip sharkA requiem shark endemic to northern and eastern Australia.Bignose sharkA deepwater requiem shark with a circumglobal tropical distribution.Blacknose sharkA small requiem shark with a distinctive dark snout tip.Blackspot sharkA small requiem shark with a black-spotted second dorsal fin.Blacktip reef sharkA small, site-attached reef shark with distinctive black fin tips.Blacktip sharkSwift, energetic piscivore known for spinning leaps from the water.Borneo sharkRare requiem shark with unique mouth pores, found only off northwestern Borneo.Bull sharkA euryhaline requiem shark known for aggression and freshwater tolerance.Caribbean reef sharkA large apex predator common on Caribbean coral reefs.Australian blackspot sharkA cryptic requiem shark of northern Australian inshore waters.Copper sharkA slow-growing, temperate requiem shark with disjunct populations worldwide.Creek whalerA small, stocky requiem shark endemic to northern Australia.Daggernose sharkA critically endangered shark with a distinctive elongated snout.Dusky sharkA slow-growing, long-gestating apex predator of warm continental seas.Finetooth sharkA slender, schooling requiem shark of shallow western Atlantic waters.Galapagos sharkA large, abundant reef shark of tropical oceanic islands.Grey reef sharkFirst shark known to perform a threat display.Hardnose sharkA small, gregarious requiem shark with a calcified snout.Carcharhinus tjutjotA requiem shark once confused with the whitecheek shark.Lost sharkA possibly extinct requiem shark known from only three old specimens.Nervous sharkA timid requiem shark of northern Australian coastal waters.Night sharkA deepwater requiem shark that migrates vertically and is prized for its fins.
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