Sharks Codexery

A source-cited reference to sharks

Reef sharks (52)

• Requiem shark — Migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, often involved in attacks.
• Abdounia — An extinct requiem shark genus known from Paleogene teeth.
• Blue shark — A widespread, migratory shark of temperate and tropical oceans.
• River shark — River sharks are poorly known, sympatric with bull sharks.
• Whitetip reef shark — A small, nocturnal reef shark that rests in caves and hunts in groups.
• Carcharhinus — Type genus of Carcharhinidae, containing over half its species.
• Australian blacktip shark — A requiem shark endemic to northern and eastern Australia.
• Bignose shark — A deepwater requiem shark with a circumglobal tropical distribution.
• Blacknose shark — A small requiem shark with a distinctive dark snout tip.
• Blackspot shark — A small requiem shark with a black-spotted second dorsal fin.
• Blacktip reef shark — A small, site-attached reef shark with distinctive black fin tips.
• Blacktip shark — Swift, energetic piscivore known for spinning leaps from the water.
• Borneo shark — Rare requiem shark with unique mouth pores, found only off northwestern Borneo.
• Bull shark — A stocky, aggressive requiem shark found in warm coastal waters and rivers worldwide.
• Caribbean reef shark — A large apex predator common on Caribbean coral reefs.
• Australian blackspot shark — A cryptic requiem shark of northern Australian inshore waters.
• Copper shark — A slow-growing, temperate requiem shark with disjunct populations worldwide.
• Creek whaler — A small, stocky requiem shark endemic to northern Australia.
• Daggernose shark — A critically endangered shark with a distinctive elongated snout.
• Dusky shark — A slow-growing, long-gestating apex predator of warm continental seas.
• Finetooth shark — A slender, schooling requiem shark of shallow western Atlantic waters.
• Galapagos shark — A large, abundant reef shark of tropical oceanic islands.
• Grey reef shark — First shark known to perform a threat display.
• Hardnose shark — A small, gregarious requiem shark with a calcified snout.
• Carcharhinus tjutjot — A requiem shark once confused with the whitecheek shark.
• Lost shark — A possibly extinct requiem shark known from only three old specimens.
• Nervous shark — A timid requiem shark of northern Australian coastal waters.
• Night shark — A deepwater requiem shark that migrates vertically and is prized for its fins.
• Sandbar shark — A large coastal shark with a high dorsal fin and interdorsal ridge.
• Silky shark — A swift, abundant pelagic shark with a smooth skin.
• Silvertip shark — A large requiem shark with distinctive white fin margins.
• Smalltail shark — A slim, critically endangered requiem shark of the western Atlantic.
• Smoothtooth blacktip shark — A rare requiem shark with smooth-edged teeth and black-tipped fins.
• Spinner shark — A swift, spinning predator of tropical and warm temperate seas.
• Spot-tail shark — A near-threatened requiem shark with black-tipped fins.
• Whitecheek shark — A slender requiem shark with a black-tipped second dorsal fin.
• Galeocerdo alabamensis — Extinct tiger-like shark known mainly from tooth fossils.
• Tiger shark — The tiger shark is the largest member of the order Carcharhiniformes and the second-largest predatory shark, after the…
• Ganges shark — A rare, poorly known river shark with a disputed range.
• Northern river shark — A rare requiem shark of turbid tidal rivers and coastal waters.
• Speartooth shark — A rare river shark adapted to turbid tidal waters.
• Borneo broadfin shark — Endangered ground shark of turbid estuarine waters.
• Broadfin shark — A tropical requiem shark with broad pectoral fins, now endangered.
• Lemon shark — A social, nocturnal shark with a distinctive yellow hue.
• Sicklefin lemon shark — A large, slow-moving Indo-Pacific shark with sickle-shaped fins.
• Atlantic sharpnose shark — A small requiem shark of warm, shallow Atlantic waters.
• Brazilian sharpnose shark — A small requiem shark vulnerable to overfishing and plastic pollution.
• Milk shark — A requiem shark named for a belief in lactation benefits.
• Pacific sharpnose shark — Small viviparous shark migrating along Mexico's Pacific coast.
• Scoliodon — Genus of requiem sharks with two living species.
• Spadenose shark — A small shark with the most advanced placental viviparity in fish.
• Oceanic whitetip — The oceanic whitetip shark is a slow-moving but aggressive pelagic predator, critically endangered due to fishing…

Mackerel sharks (6)

• Great white shark — A large, partially warm-blooded shark with a fearsome reputation, but rarely preys on humans.
• Shortfin mako — Fastest shark species, reaching 74 km/h in bursts.
• Basking shark — The second-largest fish, a gentle filter feeder that basks at the surface.
• Goblin shark — A rare deep-sea shark with a distinctive long snout and protrusible jaws.
• Megalodon — The giant prehistoric shark known from its massive teeth and uncertain size.
• Thresher shark — Large mackerel sharks with a tail as long as the body.

Hammerhead sharks (2)

• Hammerhead shark — Hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks with distinctive flattened, T-shaped heads called cephalofoils, found worldwide…
• Great hammerhead — Critically endangered by overfishing for its fins

Carpet sharks (4)

• Whale shark — The largest fish in the world, a gentle filter-feeding giant of tropical oceans.
• Nurse shark — A robust, bottom-dwelling shark vital to research.
• Wobbegong — Carpet sharks with shaggy beards, camouflaged ambush predators.
• Zebra shark — A nocturnal carpet shark with striped juveniles and spotted adults.

Dogfish sharks and relatives (4)

• Greenland shark — The Greenland shark is a deep-dwelling Arctic giant with the longest lifespan of any vertebrate, a genome of 6.45…
• Frilled shark — Living fossil with eel-like body and frilled gill slits.
• Sawshark — Sharks with a saw-like snout used to slash prey.
• Cookiecutter shark — Small shark that bites round plugs from larger animals.

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