Shark Species of the World

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1 Whale Shark 2292
2 Basking Shark 3762
3 Megamouth Shark 1425
4 White Shark -Carcharodon carcharias 5686
5 Tiger Shark - Galeocerdo cuvier 3585
6 Longfin Mako - Isurus paucus 866
7 Porbeagle - Lamna nasus 720
8 Salmon Shark - Lamna ditropis 725
9 Goblin Shark - Mitsukurina owstoni 928
10 Blue Shark - Prionace glauca 843
11 Great Hammerhead Shark 2878
12 Smooth Hammerhead - Sphyrna zygaena 731
13 Frilled Shark - Chlamydoselachus anguineus 583
14 Scalloped Hammerhead - Sphyrna lewini 738
15 Greenland Shark 960
16 Crocodile Shark - Pseudocharcharias kamoharai 914
17 Brown Shyshark - Haploblepharus fuscus 443
18 Bluegrey Carpet Shark - Heteroscyllium colcloughi 666
19 Whitespotted Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllum plagiosum 770
20 Angel Shark - Squatina squatina 873
21 Pyjama Shark - Poroderma africanum 799
22 Shortfin Mako Shark -Isurus oxyrinchus 1729
23 Horn Shark - Heterodontus francisci 771
24 Kitefin Shark - Dalatias licha 451
25 Galapagos Shark 1753
26 Bramble Shark - Echnorhinus brucus 392
27 Sharpnose Sevengill Shark - Heptranchias perlo 365
28 Caribbean Reef Shark 1591
29 Spiny Dogfish - Squalus acanthias 498
30 Common Smoothhound - Mustelus mustelus 392
31 Leopard Shark - Triakis semifasciata 505
32 Blacknose Shark - Carcharhinus acronotus 379
33 Pacific Sharpnose Shark - Rhizoprionodon longurio 349
34 Sharptooth Lemon Shark - Negaprion acutidens 425
35 Tawny Nurse Shark - Nebrius ferrugineus 415
36 Silvertip Shark - Carcharhinus albimarginatus 415
37 Zebra Shark - Stegostoma fasciatum 559
38 Bigeye Thresher Shark - Alopias superciliosus 722
39 Pacific Sleeper Shark - Somniosus pacificus 737
40 Bronze Whaler Shark - Carcharhinus brachyurus 1766
41 Spinner Shark -Carcharhinus brevipinna 2318
42 Spotted Wobbegong - Orectolobus maculatus 1562
43 Sand Tiger - Carcharias taurus 1844
44 Nurse Shark 1814
45 Bluntnose Sixgill Shark 1502
46 Broadnose Sevengill Shark 1372
47 Blacktip Reef Shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus 2174
48 Epaulette Shark - Hemiscyllium ocellatus 385
49 Gray Reef Shark 1423
50 Silky Shark - Carcharhinus falciformis 1376
51 Blacktip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus 1610
52 Dusky Shark 1576
53 Cookiecutter Shark - Isistius brasiliensis 737
54 Oceanic Whitetip Shark 2128
55 Lemon Shark 1950
56 Pygmy Shark - Euprotomicrus bispinatus 696
57 Great Lanternshark - Etmopterus princeps 906
58 Bahamas Sawshark 1562
59 Bull Shark 3124
60 Gulper Shark - Centrophorus granulosus 1302