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Sharks
A large grayish marine predatory fish (family order: Selachimorpha) with a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales.
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oceanic whitetip shark
Animals; Sharks
Is a large, thick-bodied, slow-moving shark with very large, paddle-shaped pectoral fins and white tips on its pectoral, and dorsal fins and tail. It is not closely related to the smaller whitetip ...
pacific porbeagle
Animals; Sharks
Also known as the salmon shark. Is found in the Bering Sea and off western North America. It lives from the surface down to moderate depths. The skin is dusky gray above and paler below with white ...
longfin mako shark
Animals; Sharks
This shark is very similar to the shortfin mako, but has longer pectoral fins and a blunter snout. It is also less-common shark than the shortfin mako. Longfin makos reproduce via aplacental ...
cookiecutter shark
Animals; Sharks
This shark is also called the cigar shark and luminous shark. It is a large-eyed predator that lives in deep tropical ocean waters worldwide, at depths of about 3500 m. This shark occurs in warm, ...
lesser sixgill shark
Animals; Sharks
This shark (known as the calf shark and the bigeye sixgill shark) lives in warm temperate seas, usually living on the bottom. It averages about 6 feet (1.8m) long. The skin ranges from dark gray to ...
hybrid shark
Animals; Sharks
A shark with parents from two different species of sharks, having its genetic structure from one species while looking physically like another. Hybrid sharks may be the result of adapting to the ...
grey reef shark
Animals; Sharks
A species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. One of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, it is found as far east as Easter Island and as far west as South Africa. This species is ...
