Shark is the naming term of all members of Selachimorpha suborder in the subclass

Elasmobranchii Elasmobranchii () is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including sharks (superorder Selachii), rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea). Members of this subclass are characterised by having five to seven pairs of ...

, in the class

Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes (; ) is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or ''bony fishes'', which have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. ...

. The Elasmobranchii also include

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and skates; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras. The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the

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s 430 million years ago, developing into the crown group of sharks by the

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. Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in alphabetical order. Also included is a field guide to place sharks into the correct order.

Cow and frilled sharks (2 Families)

* ORDER HEXANCHIFORMES ** Family Chlamydoselachidae (frilled sharks) *** Genus '' Chlamydoselachus'' Garman, 1884 **** '' Chlamydoselachus africana'' Ebert & L. J. V. Compagno, 2009 (Southern African frilled shark) **** '' Chlamydoselachus anguineus'' Garman, 1884 (frilled shark) ** Family Hexanchidae (cow sharks) *** Genus '' Heptranchias''

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, 1810 **** '' Heptranchias perlo'' ( Bonnaterre, 1788) (sharp-nose seven-gill shark) *** Genus ''

Hexanchus The sixgill sharks are a genus, ''Hexanchus'', of deepwater sharks in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purp ...

'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** ''

Hexanchus griseus The bluntnose sixgill shark (''Hexanchus griseus''), often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to in length. It is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide and its diet is widely varied by region. The ...

'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (blunt-nose six-gill shark) **** ''

Hexanchus nakamurai The bigeyed sixgill shark (''Hexanchus nakamurai'') is a cow shark of the family Hexanchidae. Its dorsal surface has a brownish-gray color, and is sharply separated from the light coloring of its ventral surface. The eyes are a fluorescent gre ...

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, 1962 (big-eyed six-gill shark) **** '' Hexanchus vitulus''

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and Waller, 1969 (Atlantic six-gill shark) *** Genus '' Notorynchus'' Ayres, 1855 **** '' Notorynchus cepedianus'' ( Péron, 1807) (broad-nose seven-gill shark)

Dogfish sharks (7 families)

* ORDER SQUALIFORMES ** Family Centrophoridae (gulper sharks) *** Genus ''

Centrophorus ''Centrophorus'' is a genus of squaliform sharks. These deep-water sharks, found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, are characterized by grey or brown bodies, large green eyes, and spines on both dorsal fins. These spines gi ...

'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** ''

Centrophorus atromarginatus The dwarf gulper shark (''Centrophorus atromarginatus'') is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans, from the Gulf of Aden, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Papua New Guinea. As a Squaliform, ''Centrophorus atrom ...

'' Garman, 1913 (dwarf gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus granulosus The gulper shark (''Centrophorus granulosus'') is a long and slender Squalidae, dogfish usually about three feet in length generally found in deep, murky waters all around the world. It is a light grayish brown, paler ventrally, with a long snou ...

'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus harrissoni The dumb gulper shark (''Centrophorus harrissoni'') is a rare and endangered deepwater dogfish, known from only along the east coast of Australia and isolated spots north and west of New Zealand. It is also known as the dumb shark, Harrison's d ...

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, 1915 (dumb gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus moluccensis The smallfin gulper shark (''Centrophorus moluccensis'') is a medium-sized deepwater dogfish in the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The smallfin gulper has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, long free rear tips on pectoral ...

'' Bleeker, 1860 (small-fin gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus seychellorum The Seychelles gulper shark (''Centrophorus seychellorum'') is a species of fish in the family Centrophoridae found in Alphonse island in Seychelles. This species is distinguished by having large tip of snout to first dorsal Dorsal (from Latin ' ...

'' Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus squamosus The leafscale gulper shark (''Centrophorus squamosus'') is a dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. ''C. squamosus'' is reported to have a lifespan of approximately 70 years, based on otolith ring counts. It was the first described species in t ...

'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (leaf-scale gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus tessellatus The mosaic gulper shark (''Centrophorus tessellatus'') is a small rare deepwater dogfish, found in the Pacific Ocean around Honshū, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands at depths between 260 and 728 m. It is one of 13 described species in the genus ' ...

'' Garman, 1906 (mosaic gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus uyato The little gulper shark (''Centrophorus uyato'') is a small, deepwater dogfish of the family Centrophoridae. Physical characteristics The little gulper shark has no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, slightly humped back before the first do ...

'' (Rafinesque, 1810) (little gulper shark) **** ''

Centrophorus westraliensis The western gulper shark (''Centrophorus westraliensis'') is a species of squaliform shark discovered in 2008. The species had previously been identified as a variant of the dumb gulper shark, however was differentiated based on morphology. T ...

'' W. T. White, Ebert & L. J. V. Compagno, 2008) (western gulper shark) **** '' Centrophorus zeehaani'' W. T. White, Ebert & L. J. V. Compagno, 2008 (southern dogfish) **** ''Centrophorus'' sp. A Not yet described (mini gulper shark) **** ''Centrophorus'' sp. B Not yet described (slender gulper shark) *** Genus '' Deania'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 **** '' Deania calcea'' ( R. T. Lowe, 1839) (bird-beak dogfish) **** '' Deania hystricosa'' (Garman, 1906) (rough long-nose dogfish) **** '' Deania profundorum'' ( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (arrow-head dogfish) **** '' Deania quadrispinosa'' (McCulloch, 1915) (long-snout dogfish) ** Family

Dalatiidae The Dalatiidae are the family of kitefin sharks of the order Squaliformes (the term "kitefin shark" also refers specifically to the species '' Dalatias licha''). Members of this family are small, under long, and are found worldwide. They have ci ...

(kite-fin sharks) *** Genus '' Dalatias'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Dalatias licha'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (kite-fin shark) *** Genus '' Euprotomicroides'' Hulley & M. J. Penrith, 1966 **** '' Euprotomicroides zantedeschia'' Hulley & M. J. Penrith, 1966 (tail-light shark) *** Genus '' Euprotomicrus'' T. N. Gill, 1865 **** '' Euprotomicrus bispinatus'' ( Quoy &

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, 1824) (pygmy shark) *** Genus '' Heteroscymnoides'' Fowler, 1934 **** '' Heteroscymnoides marleyi'' Fowler 1934 (long-nose pygmy shark) *** Genus '' Isistius'' T. N. Gill, 1865 **** '' Isistius brasiliensis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (cookie-cutter shark) **** '' Isistius plutodus''

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& S. Springer, 1964 (Large-tooth cookiecutter shark) *** Genus '' Mollisquama'' Dolganov, 1984 **** '' Mollisquama parini'' Dolganov, 1984 (pocket shark) *** Genus '' Squaliolus'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 **** '' Squaliolus aliae''

, 1959 (small-eye pygmy shark) **** '' Squaliolus laticaudus'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (spined pygmy shark) ** Family Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks) *** Genus '' Echinorhinus'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Echinorhinus brucus'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (bramble shark) **** '' Echinorhinus cookei'' Pietschmann, 1928 (prickly shark) ** Family Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) *** Genus '' Aculeola'' F. de Buen, 1959 **** '' Aculeola nigra'' F. de Buen, 1959 (hook-tooth dogfish) *** Genus '' Centroscyllium'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841 **** '' Centroscyllium excelsum'' Shirai & Nakaya, 1990 (high-fin dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium fabricii'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1825) (black dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium granulatum'' Günther, 1887 (granular dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium kamoharai'' T. Abe, 1966 (bare-skin dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium nigrum'' Garman, 1899 (comb-tooth dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium ornatum'' ( Alcock, 1889) (ornate dogfish) **** '' Centroscyllium ritteri'' D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (white-fin dogfish) *** Genus '' Etmopterus'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Etmopterus baxteri'' Garrick, 1957 (New Zealand lanternshark) **** ''

Etmopterus benchleyi The ninja lanternshark (''Etmopterus benchleyi'') is a lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua, south to Panama and Costa Rica. The depth range of collections is from 836 to 1443 m along ...

'' V. E. Vásquez, Ebert & Long, 2015 (ninja lanternshark) **** ''

Etmopterus bigelowi The blurred lanternshark (''Etmopterus bigelowi'') is a little-known species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, found around the world in benthic and pelagic habitats from a depth of to over down. This shark forms the '' E. pusillus' ...

'' Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993 (blurred lanternshark) **** ''

Etmopterus brachyurus The short-tail lanternshark (''Etmopterus brachyurus'') is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific between latitude In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north– south position of a point on t ...

'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (short-tail lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus bullisi'' Bigelow &

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, 1957 (lined lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus burgessi'' Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006 (broad-snout lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus carteri'' S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985 (cylindrical lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus caudistigmus''

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, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (tail-spot lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus compagnoi'' R. Fricke & Koch, 1990 (brown lanternshark) **** '' Etmottoopoepterus decapidaaticusspidatus'' W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (comb-tooth lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus dianthus'' Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (pink lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus dislineatus'' Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (Lined lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus evansi'' Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (Black-mouth lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus fusus'' Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (pygmy lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus gracilispinis'' G. Krefft, 1968 (broad-banded lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus granulosus'' (Günther, 1880) (southern lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus hillianus'' ( Poey, 1861) (Caribbean lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus joungi'' Knuckey, Ebert & G. H. Burgess, 2011 (short-fin smooth lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus litvinovi'' Parin & Kotlyar, 1990 (small-eye lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus lucifer'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (Black-belly lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus molleri'' ( Whitley, 1939) (Moller's lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus perryi'' S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985 (dwarf lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus polli'' Bigelow,

& S. Springer, 1953 (African lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus princeps'' Collett, 1904 (great lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus'' Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (False lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus pusillus'' ( R. T. Lowe, 1839) (smooth lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus pycnolepis'' Kotlyar, 1990 (dense-scale lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus robinsi'' Schofield & G. H. Burgess, 1997 (West Indian lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus schultzi'' Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953 (fringe-fin lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus sculptus'' Ebert, L. J. V. Compagno &

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, 2011 (sculpted lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus sentosus'' Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976 (thorny lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus sheikoi'' (Dolganov, 1986) (rasp-tooth dogfish) **** '' Etmopterus spinax'' (

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, 1758) (velvet-belly lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus splendidus'' Ka. Yano, 1988 (splendid lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus unicolor'' ( Engelhardt, 1912) (bristled lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus viator'' Straube, 2011 (traveller lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus villosus'' C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Hawaiian lanternshark) **** '' Etmopterus virens'' Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953 (green lanternshark) **** ''Etmopterus'' sp. Not yet described (Guadalupe lanternshark) **** ''Etmopterus'' sp. Not yet described (Chilean lanternshark) **** ''Etmopterus'' sp. Not yet described (Papua short-tail lanternshark) *** Genus '' Trigonognathus'' Mochizuki & F. Ohe, 1990 **** '' Trigonognathus kabeyai'' Mochizuki & F. Ohe, 1990 (viper dogfish) ** Family Oxynotidae (rough sharks) *** Genus '' Oxynotus'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Oxynotus bruniensis'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1893) (prickly dogfish) **** '' Oxynotus caribbaeus'' Cervigón, 1961 (Caribbean roughshark) **** '' Oxynotus centrina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (angular roughshark) **** '' Oxynotus japonicus'' Ka. Yano & Murofushi, 1985 (Japanese roughshark) **** '' Oxynotus paradoxus'' Frade, 1929 (sail-fin roughshark) ** Family Somniosidae (sleeper sharks) *** Genus '' Centroscymnus'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 **** '' Centroscymnus coelolepis'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (Portuguese dogfish) **** '' Centroscymnus owstonii'' Garman, 1906 (rough-skin dogfish) *** Genus '' Centroselachus'' Garman, 1913 **** '' Centroselachus crepidater'' (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (long-nose velvet dogfish) *** Genus ''

Scymnodalatias ''Scymnodalatias'' is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Somniosidae. Species * ''Scymnodalatias albicauda'' Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (whitetail dogfish) * †'' Scymnodalatias cigalafulgosii'' (Adnet, 2006) * ''Scymnodalatias garrick ...

'' Garrick, 1956 **** '' Scymnodalatias albicauda'' Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 (white-tail dogfish) **** '' Scymnodalatias garricki'' Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988 (Azores dogfish) **** '' Scymnodalatias oligodon'' Kukuev & Konovalenko, 1988 (sparse-tooth dogfish) **** '' Scymnodalatias sherwoodi'' ( Archey, 1921) (Sherwood's dogfish) *** Genus '' Scymnodon'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 **** '' Scymnodon ichiharai'' Ka. Yano & S. Tanaka (II), 1984 (Japanese velvet dogfish) **** '' Scymnodon macracanthus'' ( Regan, 1906) (large-spine velvet dogfish) **** '' Scymnodon plunketi'' ( Waite, 1910) (Plunket's shark) **** '' Scymnodon ringens'' Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (knife-tooth dogfish) *** Genus '' Somniosus'' Lesueur, 1818 **** '' Somniosus antarcticus'' Whitley, 1939 (southern sleeper shark) **** '' Somniosus longus'' ( S. Tanaka (I), 1912) (frog shark) **** '' Somniosus microcephalus'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark) **** '' Somniosus pacificus'' Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) **** '' Somniosus rostratus'' ( A. Risso, 1827) (little sleeper shark) **** ''Somniosus'' sp. A Not yet described (long-nose sleeper shark) *** Genus '' Zameus'' D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903 **** '' Zameus squamulosus'' (Günther, 1877) (velvet dogfish) ** Family Squalidae (dogfish sharks) *** Genus '' Cirrhigaleus'' S. Tanaka (I), 1912 **** '' Cirrhigaleus asper'' ( Merrett, 1973) (rough-skin spurdog) **** '' Cirrhigaleus australis'' W. T. White, Last & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (southern Mandarin dogfish) **** '' Cirrhigaleus barbifer'' S. Tanaka (I), 1912 (Mandarin dogfish) *** Genus '' Squalus'' Linnaeus, 1758 **** ''

Squalus acanthias The spiny dogfish (''Squalus acanthias''), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order. While these common names may apply to several ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 (spiny dogfish) **** '' Squalus acutipinnis'' Regan, 1908 (blunt-nose spiny dogfish) **** '' Squalus albifrons'' Last, W. T. White & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (eastern high-fin spurdog) **** '' Squalus altipinnis'' Last, W. T. White & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (western high-fin spurdog) **** '' Squalus blainville'' ( A. Risso, 1827) (long-nose spurdog) **** '' Squalus brevirostris'' S. Tanaka (I), 1917 (Japanese short-nose spurdog) **** '' Squalus bucephalus'' Last, Séret & Pogonoski, 2007 (big-head spurdog) **** '' Squalus chloroculus'' Last, W. T. White & Motomura, 2007 (green-eye spurdog) **** '' Squalus clarkae'' Pfleger, Grubbs, Cotton & Daly-Engel, 2018 (Genie's dogfish) **** '' Squalus crassispinus'' Last,

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& Yearsley, 2007 (fat-spine spurdog) **** '' Squalus cubensis'' Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Cuban dogfish) **** '' Squalus edmundsi'' W. T. White, Last & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (Edmund's spurdog) **** '' Squalus formosus'' W. T. White & Iglésias, 2011 (Taiwan spurdog) **** '' Squalus grahami'' W. T. White, Last & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (eastern long-nose spurdog) **** '' Squalus griffini''

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, 1931 (northern spiny dogfish) **** '' Squalus hemipinnis'' W. T. White, Last] & Yearsley, 2007 (Indonesian short-snout spurdog) **** ''

Squalus japonicus The Japanese spurdog (''Squalus japonicus'') is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean – southeastern Japan and the East China Sea, including the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and the Arafur ...

'' Ishikawa, 1908 (Japanese spurdog) **** '' Squalus lalannei'' Baranes, 2003 (Seychelles spurdog) **** '' Squalus megalops'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1881) (short-nose spurdog) **** '' Squalus melanurus'' Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (black-tailed spurdog) **** '' Squalus mitsukurii'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903 (short-spine spurdog) **** '' Squalus montalbani'' Whitley, 1931 (Indonesian greeneye spurdog) **** '' Squalus nasutus'' Last, L. J. Marshall & W. T. White, 2007 (western long-nose spurdog) **** '' Squalus notocaudatus'' Last, W. T. White & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (bar-tail spurdog) **** '' Squalus rancureli'' Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (Cyrano spurdog) **** '' Squalus raoulensis'' C. A. J. Duffy & Last, 2007 (Kermadec spiny dogfish) **** '' Squalus suckleyi'' (Girard, 1854) (Pacific spiny dogfish) **** ''Squalus'' sp. Not yet described (Lombok high-fin spurdog)

Sawsharks (1 family)

* ORDER PRISTIOPHORIFORMES ** Family Pristiophoridae (sawsharks) *** Genus '' Pliotrema'' Regan, 1906 **** ''

Pliotrema warreni The sixgill sawshark, ''Pliotrema warreni'' is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. Presence of 6 pairs of gill slits highlights this genus among sharks; outside Hexanchiformes order, ''Pliotrema'' is the only shark with more than 5 gill s ...

'' Regan, 1906 (six-gill sawshark) *** Genus ''

Pristiophorus ''Pristiophorus'' is a genus of sawsharks found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Members of this genus differ from the Sixgill Sawshark ''(Pliotrema warreni The sixgill sawshark, ''Pliotrema warreni'' is a sawshark of the famil ...

'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Pristiophorus cirratus'' ( Latham, 1794) (long-nose sawshark) **** '' Pristiophorus delicatus'' Yearsley, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (tropical sawshark) **** ''

Pristiophorus japonicus The Japanese sawshark (''Pristiophorus japonicus'') is a species of sawshark in the family (biology), family Pristiophoridae. This shark has a long, narrow rostrum. Its first dorsal fin originates behind the tips of the pectoral fins, and its cau ...

'' Günther, 1870 (Japanese sawshark) **** ''

Pristiophorus lanae Lana's sawshark (''Pristiophorus lanae'') or the Philippine sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the Philippines off Apo Island and southern Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippi ...

'' Ebert & Wilms, 2013 (Lana's sawshark) **** ''

Pristiophorus nancyae ''Pristiophorus nancyae'', the African dwarf sawshark or dwarf sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. The species was discovered in 2011 when a specimen was caught off the coast of Mozambique at a depth of .California Academy o ...

'' Ebert & Cailliet, 2011 (African dwarf sawshark) **** ''

Pristiophorus nudipinnis The shortnose sawshark, (''Pristiophorus nudipinnis'') or southern sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae. The body of this shark is slightly compressed, and its rostrum is narrow. The two dorsal fins are almost identical in size ...

'' Günther, 1870 (short-nose sawshark) **** ''

Pristiophorus schroederi The Bahamas sawshark, ''Pristiophorus schroederi'', is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the western Central Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas and Cuba at depths of between 400 and 1,000 m. These sharks are at least 80 cm lon ...

'' S. Springer & Bullis, 1960 (Bahamas sawshark)

Angel sharks (1 family)

* ORDER SQUATINIFORMES ** Family Squatinidae (angel sharks) *** Genus '' Squatina'' A. M. C. Duméril, 1806 **** '' Squatina aculeata'' G. Cuvier, 1829 (saw-back angelshark) **** '' Squatina africana'' Regan, 1908 (African angelshark) **** '' Squatina albipunctata'' Last & W. T. White, 2008 (eastern angelshark) **** '' Squatina argentina'' (

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, 1930) (Argentine angelshark) **** '' Squatina armata'' ( Philippi , 1887) (Chilean angelshark) **** '' Squatina australis'' Regan, 1906 (Australian angelshark) **** '' Squatina caillieti'' J. H. Walsh, Ebert & L. J. V. Compagno, 2011 (Philippines angelshark) **** '' Squatina californica'' Ayres, 1859 (Pacific angelshark) **** '' Squatina dumeril'' Lesueur, 1818 (Atlantic angelshark) **** '' Squatina formosa'' S. C. Shen & W. H. Ting, 1972 (Taiwan angelshark) **** '' Squatina guggenheim''

, 1936 (angular angelshark) **** '' Squatina heteroptera'' Castro-Aguirre, Espinoza-Pérez & Huidobro-Campos, 2007 (disparate angelshark) **** '' Squatina japonica'' Bleeker, 1858 (Japanese angelshark) **** '' Squatina legnota'' Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Indonesian angelshark) **** '' Squatina mapama'' Long, Ebert, Tavera, Pizarro & Robertson, 2021 (short-crested angelshark) **** '' Squatina mexicana'' Castro-Aguirre, Espinoza-Pérez & Huidobro-Campos, 2007 (Mexican angelshark) **** '' Squatina nebulosa'' Regan, 1906 (clouded angelshark) **** '' Squatina occulta'' Vooren & K. G. da Silva, 1992 (hidden angelshark) **** '' Squatina oculata'' Bonaparte, 1840 (smooth-back angelshark) **** ''

Squatina pseudocellata The western angelshark (''Squatina pseudocellata'') is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found on the tropical outer continental shelf off northern Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Aust ...

'' Last & W. T. White, 2008 (western angelshark) **** ''

Squatina squatina ''Squatina squatina'', the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Well-adapted for ca ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (angelshark) **** '' Squatina tergocellata'' McCulloch, 1914 (ornate angelshark) **** '' Squatina tergocellatoides'' J.S.T.F. Chen, 1963 (ocellated angelshark)

Bullhead sharks (1 family)

* ORDER HETERODONTIFORMES ** Family Heterodontidae (bullhead sharks) *** Genus '' Heterodontus'' Blainville, 1816 **** '' Heterodontus francisci'' (Girard, 1855) (horn shark) **** '' Heterodontus galeatus'' (Günther, 1870) (crested bullhead shark) **** '' Heterodontus japonicus'' Maclay & W. J. Macleay, 1884 (Japanese bullhead shark) **** '' Heterodontus mexicanus'' L. R. Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972 (Mexican hornshark) **** '' Heterodontus omanensis'' Z. H. Baldwin, 2005 (Oman bullhead shark) **** '' Heterodontus portusjacksoni'' ( F. A. A. Meyer, 1793) (Port Jackson shark) **** '' Heterodontus quoyi'' ( Fréminville, 1840) (Galapagos bullhead shark) **** '' Heterodontus ramalheira'' ( J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (white-spotted bullhead shark) **** '' Heterodontus zebra'' (

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, 1831) (zebra bullhead shark) **** ''Heterodontus'' sp. X Not yet described (cryptic hornshark)

Mackerel sharks (7 families)

* ORDER

LAMNIFORMES The Lamniformes (, from Greek ''lamna'' "fish of prey") are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae). It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the grea ...

** Family

Alopiidae Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks of the family Alopiidae found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus ''Alopias''. All three thresher shark species have been l ...

(thresher sharks) *** Genus '' Alopias'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Alopias pelagicus'' Nakamura, 1935 (pelagic thresher shark) **** '' Alopias superciliosus'' R. T. Lowe, 1841 (big-eye thresher shark) **** ''

Alopias vulpinus The common thresher (''Alopias vulpinus''), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family (biology), family Alopiidae, reaching some in length. About half of its length consists of the elongated upper lobe of ...

'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (thresher shark) ** Family Cetorhinidae (basking sharks) *** Genus '' Cetorhinus'' Blainville, 1816 **** ''

Cetorhinus maximus The basking shark (''Cetorhinus maximus'') is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Adults typically reach in length. ...

'' ( Gunnerus, 1765) (basking shark) ** Family Lamnidae (mackerel sharks) *** Genus ''

Carcharodon ''Carcharodon'' () is a genus of sharks within the family Lamnidae. The only extant member is the great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''). Hubell's white shark ('' Carcharodon hubbelli'') is an extinct member of this genus. Megalodon ...

'' A. Smith, 1838 **** '' Carcharodon carcharias'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (great white shark) *** Genus '' Isurus'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Isurus oxyrinchus'' Rafinesque, 1810 (short-fin mako) **** '' Isurus paucus'' Guitart-Manday, 1966 (long-fin mako) *** Genus ''

Lamna ''Lamna'' is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, containing two extant species: the porbeagle (''L. nasus'') of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere, and the salmon shark (''L. ditropis'') of the North Pacific. Endothermy T ...

'' G. Cuvier, 1816 **** ''

Lamna ditropis The salmon shark (''Lamna ditropis'') is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon, squid, sablefish, and herring. It is known for its ability to maintain stomach tempe ...

'' C. L. Hubbs & Follett, 1947 (salmon shark) **** '' Lamna nasus'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (porbeagle shark) ** Family Megachasmidae (megamouth sharks) *** Genus '' Megachasma'' L. R. Taylor, . J. V. Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 **** '' Megachasma pelagios'' L. R. Taylor, L. J. V. Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 (megamouth shark) ** Family Mitsukurinidae (goblin sharks) *** Genus '' Mitsukurina'' D. S. Jordan, 1898 **** '' Mitsukurina owstoni'' D. S. Jordan, 1898 (goblin shark) ** Family Odontaspididae (sand tiger sharks) *** Genus '' Carcharias'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** '' Carcharias taurus'' Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) *** Genus '' Odontaspis'' Agassiz, 1838 **** '' Odontaspis ferox'' ( A. Risso, 1810) (small-tooth sandtiger shark) **** '' Odontaspis noronhai'' (

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, 1955) (big-eye sand tiger shark) ** Family Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile sharks) *** Genus '' Pseudocarcharias'' Cadenat, 1963 **** ''

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai The crocodile shark (''Pseudocarcharias kamoharai'') is a species of mackerel shark and the only extant member of the family Pseudocarchariidae. A specialized inhabitant of the mesopelagic zone, the crocodile shark can be found worldwide in tropi ...

'' ( Matsubara, 1936) (crocodile shark)

Carpet sharks (7 families)

* ORDER ORECTOLOBIFORMES ** Family Brachaeluridae (blind sharks) *** Genus '' Brachaelurus'' J. D. Ogilby, 1908 **** '' Brachaelurus colcloughi'' J. D. Ogilby, 1908 (blue-grey carpetshark) **** '' Brachaelurus waddi'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (blind shark) ** Family Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks) *** Genus '' Ginglymostoma'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Ginglymostoma cirratum'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (nurse shark) **** '' Ginglymostoma unami'' Del-Moral-Flores, Ramírez-Antonio, Angulo & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2015 (Pacific nurse shark) *** Genus '' Nebrius'' Rüppell, 1837 **** '' Nebrius ferrugineus'' (

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, 1831) (tawny nurse shark) *** Genus '' Pseudoginglymostoma'' Dingerkus, 1986 **** '' Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum'' (Günther, 1867) (short-tail nurse shark) ** Family Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks) *** Genus '' Chiloscyllium'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** ''

Chiloscyllium arabicum The Arabian carpetshark (''Chiloscyllium arabicum'') is a species of carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, inhabiting coral reefs and other shallow coastal habitats from the Persian Gulf to India. Reaching long, this shark is characterized b ...

'' Gubanov, 1980 (Arabian carpetshark) **** ''

Chiloscyllium burmensis The Burmese bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium burmensis'', is an extremely rare bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae. The first specimen was caught 1963 off the coast from Rangoon in Burma in a depth of 29 – 33 m. This holotype is an adul ...

'' Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (Burmese bamboo shark) **** ''

Chiloscyllium griseum The grey bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium griseum'', is a species of carpet shark in the family Hemiscylliidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans from the Arabian Sea to Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, the Philippin ...

'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (grey bamboo shark) **** ''

Chiloscyllium hasselti Hasselt's bamboo shark (''Chiloscyllium hasseltii'') is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, between latitudes 23° N and 10° S, and longitude 91° E and 133° E; residing inshore. Its le ...

'' Bleeker, 1852 (Hasselt's bamboo shark) **** ''

Chiloscyllium indicum The slender bamboo shark, ''Chiloscyllium indicum'', is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Oceans between latitudes 40° N and 10° S, and longitude 65° E and 160° E. It is harmless to humans. Descr ...

'' ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (slender bamboo shark) **** '' Chiloscyllium plagiosum'' (Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (white-spotted bamboo shark) **** '' Chiloscyllium punctatum'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (brown-banded bamboo shark) *** Genus ''

Hemiscyllium ''Hemiscyllium'' is a genus of sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae. Overview This genus is confined to tropical waters off Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, but an individual from this genus, possibly representing an undescribed speci ...

'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Hemiscyllium freycineti'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Indonesian speckled carpetshark) **** '' Hemiscyllium galei'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Cenderawasih epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium hallstromi'' , Whitley, 1967 (Papuan epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium halmahera'' G. R. Allen, Erdmann &

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, 2013 (Halmahera epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium henryi'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2008 (Triton epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium michaeli'' G. R. Allen & Dudgeon, 2010 (leopard epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium ocellatum'' ( Bonnaterre, 1788) (Epaulette shark) **** '' Hemiscyllium strahani'' Whitley, 1967 (hooded carpetshark) **** ''

Hemiscyllium trispeculare The speckled carpetshark, ''Hemiscyllium trispeculare'', is a bamboo shark in the family Hemiscylliidae found around north and west Australia between latitudes 8° S and 22° S, and longitude 114° E and 152° E. Its length is up to 79 c ...

'' J. Richardson, 1843 (speckled carpetshark) **** ''Hemiscyllium'' sp. Not yet described (Seychelles carpetshark) ** Family Orectolobidae (Wobbegong sharks) *** Genus '' Eucrossorhinus'' Regan, 1908 **** '' Eucrossorhinus dasypogon'' (Bleeker, 1867) (tasselled wobbegong) *** Genus ''

Orectolobus ''Orectolobus'' is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae. They are commonly known as wobbegongs, although this name also applies to the other members of the family. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of th ...

'' Bonaparte, 1834 **** '' Orectolobus floridus'' Last & Chidlow, 2008 (floral banded wobbegong) **** '' Orectolobus halei'' Whitley, 1940 (banded wobbegong) **** '' Orectolobus hutchinsi'' Last, Chidlow & L. J. V. Compagno, 2006 (western wobbegong) **** ''

Orectolobus japonicus The Japanese wobbegong (''Orectolobus japonicus'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae of the wobbegong family, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean from Japan and Korea to Viet Nam and the Philippines, between latitudes 43 an ...

'' Regan, 1906 (Japanese wobbegong) **** '' Orectolobus leptolineatus'' Last, Pogonoski & W. T. White, 2010 (Indonesian wobbegong) **** ''

Orectolobus maculatus The spotted wobbegong (''Orectolobus maculatus'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, endemic to Australia. It is a large, robust species, typically reaching in length. Coloured green, yellow, or brown, it has distinctive O-shaped ...

'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (spotted wobbegong) **** ''

Orectolobus ornatus The ornate wobbegong (''Orectolobus ornatus'') is a species of carpet shark that lives in Australia and possibly other countries in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is coloured golden brown, yellow-green and blueish-grey, and it grows to maximum . ...

'' (

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, 1883) (ornate wobbegong) **** '' Orectolobus parvimaculatus'' Last & Chidlow, 2008 (dwarf spotted wobbegong) **** '' Orectolobus reticulatus'' Last, Pogonoski & W. T. White, 2008 (network wobbegong) **** ''

Orectolobus wardi The northern wobbegong (''Orectolobus wardi'') is a carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia, between latitudes 9° S to 26° S. It reaches a length of 63 cm. Captivity Northern wobbe ...

'' Whitley, 1939 (northern wobbegong) *** Genus '' Sutorectus'' Whitley, 1939 **** '' Sutorectus tentaculatus'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1864) (cobbler wobbegong) ** Family Parascylliidae (collared carpetsharks) *** Genus '' Cirrhoscyllium'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 **** '' Cirrhoscyllium expolitum'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (barbel-throat carpetshark) **** '' Cirrhoscyllium formosanum''

, 1959 (Taiwan saddled carpetshark) **** '' Cirrhoscyllium japonicum'' Kamohara, 1943 (saddle carpetshark) *** Genus '' Parascyllium'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Parascyllium collare'' E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1888 (collared carpetshark) **** '' Parascyllium elongatum'' Last & J. D. Stevens, 2008 (elongated carpetshark) **** '' Parascyllium ferrugineum''

, 1911 (rusty carpetshark) **** '' Parascyllium sparsimaculatum'' T. Goto & Last, 2002 (ginger carpetshark) **** '' Parascyllium variolatum'' ( A. H. A. Duméril, 1853) (necklace carpetshark) ** Family Rhincodontidae (Whale sharks) *** Genus '' Rhincodon'' A. Smith, 1828 **** '' Rhincodon typus'' A. Smith, 1828 (whale shark) ** Family Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks) *** Genus '' Stegostoma'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Stegostoma fasciatum'' ( Hermann, 1783) (zebra shark)

Ground sharks (8 families)

* ORDER CARCHARHINIFORMES **Family Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks) *** Genus '' Carcharhinus'' Blainville, 1816 ****'' Carcharhinus acronotus'' (Poey, 1860) (black-nose shark) **** '' Carcharhinus albimarginatus'' ( Rüppell, 1837) (silver-tip shark) **** '' Carcharhinus altimus'' (S. Springer, 1950) (big-nose shark) **** '' Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides'' (Whitley, 1934) (graceful shark) **** '' Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos'' (Bleeker, 1856) (grey reef shark) **** '' Carcharhinus amboinensis'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (pig-eye shark) **** ''

Carcharhinus borneensis The Borneo shark (''Carcharhinus borneensis'') is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. Extremely rare, it is known only from inshore waters around Mukah in northwestern Borneo, though it may once have been more wide ...

'' (Bleeker, 1858) (Borneo shark) **** '' Carcharhinus brachyurus'' (Günther, 1870) (copper shark) **** '' Carcharhinus brevipinna'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (spinner shark) **** '' Carcharhinus cautus'' ( Whitley, 1945) (Nervous shark) **** '' Carcharhinus cerdale'' C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Pacific smalltail shark) **** '' Carcharhinus coatesi'' (Whitley, 1939) (Coates' shark) **** '' Carcharhinus dussumieri'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (white-cheek shark) **** ''

Carcharhinus falciformis The silky shark (''Carcharhinus falciformis''), also known by numerous names such as blackspot shark, gray whaler shark, olive shark, ridgeback shark, sickle shark, sickle-shaped shark and sickle silk shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the f ...

'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (silky shark) **** '' Carcharhinus fitzroyensis'' (Whitley, 1943) (creek whaler) **** '' Carcharhinus galapagensis'' ( Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) (Galapagos shark) **** '' Carcharhinus hemiodon'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Pondicherry shark) **** '' Carcharhinus humani'' W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014 (Human's whaler shark) **** '' Carcharhinus isodon'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (fine-tooth shark) **** '' Carcharhinus leiodon'' Garrick, 1985 (smooth-tooth blacktip shark) **** '' Carcharhinus leucas'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (bull shark) **** '' Carcharhinus limbatus'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (black-tip shark) **** '' Carcharhinus longimanus'' (Poey, 1861) (oceanic whitetip shark) **** '' Carcharhinus macloti'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (hard-nose shark) **** '' Carcharhinus melanopterus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (black-tip reef shark) **** '' Carcharhinus obscurus'' (Lesueur, 1818) (dusky shark) **** '' Carcharhinus perezi'' (Poey, 1876) (Caribbean reef shark) **** '' Carcharhinus plumbeus'' ( Nardo, 1827) (sandbar shark) **** '' Carcharhinus porosus'' (

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, 1839) (small-tail shark) **** '' Carcharhinus sealei'' ( Pietschmann, 1913) (black-spot shark) **** '' Carcharhinus signatus'' (Poey, 1868) (night shark) **** '' Carcharhinus sorrah'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (spot-tail shark) **** '' Carcharhinus tilstoni'' (Whitley, 1950) (Australian blacktip shark) **** '' Carcharhinus tjutjot'' (Bleeker, 1852) (Indonesian whaler shark) **** ''Carcharhinus'' sp. A Not yet described (false smalltail shark) *** Genus '' Galeocerdo'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Galeocerdo cuvier'' ( Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (tiger shark) *** Genus '' Glyphis'' Agassiz, 1843 **** '' Glyphis gangeticus'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Ganges shark) **** '' Glyphis garricki'' L. J. V. Compagno, W. T. White & Last, 2008 (northern river shark) **** '' Glyphis glyphis'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (spear-tooth shark) **** ''Glyphis'' sp. Not yet described (Mukah river shark) *** Genus ''

Isogomphodon The daggernose shark (''Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus'') is a little-known species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only extant member of its genus. It inhabits shallow tropical waters off northeastern South America, from Trin ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (dagger-nose shark) *** Genus '' Lamiopsis'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Lamiopsis temmincki'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (broad-fin shark) **** '' Lamiopsis tephrodes'' (Fowler, 1905) (Borneo broadfin shark) *** Genus '' Loxodon'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 **** '' Loxodon macrorhinus'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (slit-eye shark) *** Genus '' Nasolamia'' L. J. V. Compagno & Garrick, 1983 **** '' Nasolamia velox'' (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (white-nose shark) *** Genus '' Negaprion'' Whitley, 1940 **** ''Negaprion acutidens'' Rüppell, 1837) (sickle-fin lemon shark) **** ''Negaprion brevirostris'' (Poey, 1868) (lemon shark) *** Genus ''Prionace'' Theodore Edward Cantor, Cantor, 1849 **** ''Prionace glauca'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (blue shark) *** Genus '' Rhizoprionodon'' Whitley, 1929 **** '' Rhizoprionodon acutus'' (Rüppell, 1837) (milk shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon lalandii'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Brazilian sharpnose shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon longurio'' (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific sharpnose shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon oligolinx'' V. G. Springer, 1964 (grey sharpnose shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon porosus'' (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon taylori'' (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) (Australian sharpnose shark) **** '' Rhizoprionodon terraenovae'' ( J. Richardson, 1836) (Atlantic sharpnose shark) *** Genus '' Scoliodon'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 **** '' Scoliodon laticaudus'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (spade-nose shark) **** '' Scoliodon macrorhynchos'' ( Bleeker, 1852) (Pacific spade-nose shark) *** Genus '' Triaenodon'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 **** '' Triaenodon obesus'' (Rüppell, 1837) (white-tip reef shark) ** Family Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks) *** Genus '' Chaenogaleus'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Chaenogaleus macrostoma'' (Bleeker, 1852) (hook-tooth shark) *** Genus '' Hemigaleus'' Bleeker, 1852 **** '' Hemigaleus australiensis'' W. T. White, Last & L. J. V. Compagno, 2005 (Australian weasel shark) **** '' Hemigaleus microstoma'' Bleeker, 1852 (sickle-fin weasel shark) *** Genus '' Hemipristis'' Agassiz, 1843 **** ''

Hemipristis elongata The snaggletooth shark, or fossil shark (''Hemipristis elongata''), is a species of weasel shark in the family Hemigaleidae, and the only extant member of the genus ''Hemipristis''. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea, fro ...

'' ( Klunzinger, 1871) (snaggle-tooth shark) *** Genus '' Paragaleus'' Budker, 1935 **** '' Paragaleus leucolomatus'' L. J. V. Compagno & Smale, 1985 (white-tip weasel shark) **** '' Paragaleus pectoralis'' ( Garman, 1906) (Atlantic weasel shark) **** '' Paragaleus randalli'' L. J. V. Compagno, Krupp & K. E. Carpenter, 1996 (slender weasel shark) ****'' Paragaleus tengi'' ( J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963) (straight-tooth weasel shark) ** Family

Leptochariidae The barbeled houndshark (''Leptocharias smithii'') is a species of ground shark and the only member of the family Leptochariidae. This demersal species is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to Angola, at de ...

(barbeled houndsharks) *** Genus '' Leptocharias'' A. Smith, 1838 **** '' Leptocharias smithii'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (barbeled houndshark) ** Family Proscylliidae (fin-back catsharks) *** Genus '' Ctenacis'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1973 **** '' Ctenacis fehlmanni'' (S. Springer, 1968) (harlequin catshark) *** Genus '' Eridacnis'' H. M. Smith, 1913 **** '' Eridacnis barbouri'' (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) (Cuban ribbontail catshark) **** '' Erida'' H. M. Smith, 1913 (pygmy ribbontail catshark) **** '' Eridacnis sinuans'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1957) (African ribbontail catshark) **** ''Eridacnis'' sp. 1 Not yet described (Philippines ribbontail catshark) *** Genus '' Proscyllium'' Hilgendorf, 1904 **** ''

Proscyllium habereri The graceful catshark (''Proscyllium habereri'') is a species of finback catshark, belonging to the family Proscylliidae. This shark is found in the western Pacific Ocean, from southeastern Japan to Vietnam and northwestern Java, at depths betwe ...

'' Hilgendorf, 1904 (graceful catshark) **** '' Proscyllium magnificum'' Last & Vongpanich, 2004 (magnificent catshark) ** Family

Pseudotriakidae The Pseudotriakidae are a small family of ground sharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks (genera '' Pseudotriakis'' and '' Planonasus'') and gollumsharks (genus ''Gollum''). It contains the only ground s ...

(False catsharks) *** Genus ''

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'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1973 **** '' Gollum attenuatus'' (Garrick, 1954) (slender smooth-hound) **** '' Gollum suluensis''

& Gaudiano, 2011 (Sulu gollumshark) **** ''Gollum'' sp. B Not yet described (white-marked gollumshark) *** Genus ''

Planonasus ''Planonasus'' is a genus of ground sharks in the family Pseudotriakidae, native to the western Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. I ...

'' Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013 **** '' Planonasus parini'' Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013 (dwarf false catshark) *** Genus ''

Pseudotriakis The false catshark or sofa shark (''Pseudotriakis microdon'') is a species of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae, and the sole member of its genus. It has a worldwide distribution, and has most commonly been recorded close to the bottom ...

'' Brito Capello, 1868 **** '' Pseudotriakis microdon'' Brito Capello, 1868 (false catshark) ** Family Scyliorhinidae (catsharks) *** Genus ''

Apristurus ''Apristurus'' is a genus of catsharks, the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as the ghost or demon catsharks. Species The 39 currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Apristurus albisoma'' Nakaya & Séret, 1999 (white-bodied ca ...

'' Garman, 1913 **** '' Apristurus albisoma'' Nakaya & Séret, 1999 (white-bodied catshark) **** ''

Apristurus ampliceps The roughskin catshark (''Apristurus ampliceps'') is a species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae found near Australia and New Zealand. Its natural habitat is the open seas. This species belongs to a genus of poorly known deep-water catsha ...

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, K. Sato & Nakaya, 2008 (rough-skin catshark) **** '' Apristurus aphyodes'' Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 (white ghost catshark) **** '' Apristurus australis'' K. Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 (Pinocchio catshark) **** '' Apristurus breviventralis'' Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014 (short-belly catshark) **** '' Apristurus brunneus'' (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (brown catshark) **** ''

Apristurus bucephalus The bighead catshark (''Apristurus bucephalus'') is a species of fish in the family Catshark, Scyliorhinidae Endemism, endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is the open seas. It belongs to a genus (biology), genus of poorly known deep-water c ...

'' W. T. White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 (big-head catshark) **** '' Apristurus canutus'' S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979 (hoary catshark) **** '' Apristurus exsanguis'' K. Sato, Nakaya & A. L. Stewart, 1999 (flaccid catshark) **** '' Apristurus fedorovi'' Dolganov, 1985 (Fedorov's catshark) **** '' Apristurus garricki'' K. Sato, A. L. Stewart & Nakaya, 2013 (Garrick's catshark) **** '' Apristurus gibbosus'' Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (humpback catshark) **** '' Apristurus herklotsi'' (Fowler, 1934) (long-fin catshark) **** '' Apristurus indicus'' ( A. B. Brauer, 1906) (small-belly catshark) **** '' Apristurus internatus'' S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1988 (short-nose demon catshark) **** '' Apristurus investigatoris'' ( Misra, 1962) (broad-nose catshark) **** '' Apristurus japonicus'' Nakaya, 1975 (Japanese catshark) **** '' Apristurus kampae'' L. R. Taylor, 1972 (long-nose catshark) **** '' Apristurus laurussonii'' ( Sæmundsson, 1922) (Iceland catshark) **** '' Apristurus longicephalus'' Nakaya, 1975 (long-head catshark) **** '' Apristurus macrorhynchus'' (S. Tanaka (I)], 1909) (flat-head catshark) **** '' Apristurus macrostomus'' Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1985 (broad-mouth catshark) **** '' Apristurus manis'' (S. Springer, 1979) (Ghost catshark) **** '' Apristurus melanoasper'' Iglésias, Nakaya & Stehmann, 2004 (black rough-scale catshark) **** '' Apristurus microps'' (Gilchrist, 1922) (small-eye catshark) **** '' Apristurus micropterygeus'' Q. W. Meng, Y. T. Chu & S. Li, 1986 (small-dorsal catshark) **** '' Apristurus nakayai'' Iglésias, 2013 (milk-eye catshark) **** '' Apristurus nasutus'' F. de Buen, 1959 (large-nose catshark) **** '' Apristurus parvipinnis'' S. Springer & Heemstra, 1979 (small-fin catshark) **** '' Apristurus pinguis'' S. M. Deng, G. Q. Xiong & H. X. Zhan, 1983 (fat catshark) **** '' Apristurus platyrhynchus'' (S. Tanaka (I), 1909) (Borneo catshark) **** '' Apristurus profundorum'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (deep-water catshark) **** '' Apristurus riveri'' Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (broad-gill catshark) **** '' Apristurus saldanha'' (

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, 1925) (Saldanha catshark) **** '' Apristurus sibogae'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (pale catshark) **** '' Apristurus sinensis'' Y. T. Chu & A. S. Hu, 1981 (South China catshark) **** '' Apristurus spongiceps'' (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (sponge-head catshark) **** '' Apristurus stenseni'' (S. Springer, 1979) (Panama ghost catshark) **** ''Apristurus'' sp. X Not yet described (Galbraith's catshark) **** ''Apristurus'' sp. 3 Not yet described (Black wonder catshark) *** Genus '' Asymbolus'' Whitley, 1939 **** '' Asymbolus analis'' (J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Australian spotted catshark) **** '' Asymbolus funebris'' L. J. V. Compagno, J. D. Stevens & Last, 1999 (blotched catshark) **** '' Asymbolus galacticus'' Séret & Last, 2008 (starry catshark) **** '' Asymbolus occiduus'' Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (western spotted catshark) **** '' Asymbolus pallidus'' Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (pale-spotted catshark) **** '' Asymbolus parvus'' L. J. V. Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999 (dwarf catshark) **** '' Asymbolus rubiginosus'' Last, M. F. Gomon & Gledhill, 1999 (orange-spotted catshark) **** '' Asymbolus submaculatus'' L. J. V. Compagno, J. D. Stevens & Last, 1999 (variegated catshark) **** '' Asymbolus vincenti'' ( Zietz ( fi), 1908) (Gulf catshark) *** Genus ''

Atelomycterus ''Atelomycterus'' is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Atelomycterus baliensis'' W. T. White, Last & Dharmadi, 2005 (Bali catshark) * '' Atelomycterus ...

'' Garman, 1913 **** '' Atelomycterus baliensis'' W. T. White, Last & Dharmadi, 2005 (Bali catshark) **** '' Atelomycterus erdmanni'' Fahmi & W. T. White, 2015 (spotted-belly catshark) **** '' Atelomycterus fasciatus'' L. J. V. Compagno & J. D. Stevens, 1993 (banded sand catshark) **** '' Atelomycterus macleayi'' Whitley, 1939 (Australian marbled catshark) **** '' Atelomycterus marmoratus'' (Anonymous, referred to E. T. Bennett, 1830) (coral catshark) **** ''

Atelomycterus marnkalha The eastern banded catshark (''Atelomycterus marnkalha'') is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found along the northeastern coast of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a s ...

'' Jacobsen & M. B. Bennett, 2007 (eastern banded catshark) *** Genus ''

Aulohalaelurus ''Aulohalaelurus'' is a genus of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae. Species * ''Aulohalaelurus kanakorum The New Caledonia catshark or Kanakorum catshark (''Aulohalaelurus kanakorum'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in th ...

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Aulohalaelurus kanakorum The New Caledonia catshark or Kanakorum catshark (''Aulohalaelurus kanakorum'') is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, known only from one specimen collected near southwestern New Caledonia in the western cen ...

'' Séret, 1990 (Kanakorum catshark) **** '' Aulohalaelurus labiosus'' ( Waite, 1905) (Australian black-spotted catshark) *** Genus '' Bythaelurus'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1988 **** '' Bythaelurus alcockii'' (Garman, 1913) (Arabian catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus canescens'' (Günther, 1878) (dusky catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus clevai'' (Séret, 1987) (broad-head catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus dawsoni'' (S. Springer, 1971) (New Zealand catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus giddingsi'' J. E. McCosker, Long & C. C. Baldwin, 2012 (jaguar catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus hispidus'' ( Alcock, 1891) (bristly catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus immaculatus'' (Y. T. Chu & Q. W. Meng, 1982) (spotless catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus incanus'' Last & J. D. Stevens, 2008 (sombre catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus lutarius'' (S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972) (mud catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus naylori'' Ebert & Clerkin, 2015 (dusky-snout catshark) **** '' Bythaelurus tenuicephalus'' Kaschner, Weigmann & Thiel, 2015 (narrow-head catshark) *** Genus ''

Cephaloscyllium ''Cephaloscyllium'' is a genus of catsharks, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as swellsharks because of their ability to inflate their bodies with water or air as a defense against predators. These sluggish, bottom-dwelling ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** '' Cephaloscyllium albipinnum'' Last, Motomura & W. T. White, 2008 (white-fin swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium cooki'' Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (Cook's swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium fasciatum'' W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (reticulated swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium formosanum''

, 1962 (Formosa swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum'' W. T. White & Ebert, 2008 (Australian reticulated swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium isabellum'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (draughtsboard shark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium laticeps'' (A. H. A. Duméril, 1853) (Australian swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium pictum'' Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (painted swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis'' Ka. Yano, A. Ahmad &

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, 2005 (Sarawak pygmy swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium signourum'' Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (flag-tail swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium silasi'' (

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, 1974) (Indian swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium speccum'' Last, Séret & W. T. White, 2008 (speckled swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium stevensi'' E. Clark & J. E. Randall, 2011 (Steven's swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium sufflans'' (Regan], 1921) (balloon shark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium umbratile'' D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (blotchy swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium variegatum'' Last & W. T. White, 2008 (saddled swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium ventriosum'' (Garman, 1880) (swellshark) **** '' Cephaloscyllium zebrum'' Last & W. T. White, 2008 (narrow-bar swellshark) **** ''Cephaloscyllium ''sp. 1 Not yet described (Philippines swellshark) *** Genus '' Cephalurus'' Bigelow & Schroeder, 1941 **** '' Cephalurus cephalus'' (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (lollipop catshark) **** ''Cephalurus'' sp. A Not yet described (southern lollipop catshark) *** Genus '' Figaro'' Whitley, 1928 **** '' Figaro boardmani'' (Whitley, 1928) (Australian saw-tail catshark) **** '' Figaro striatus'' Gledhill, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (northern saw-tail catshark) *** Genus ''

Galeus ''Galeus'' is a genus of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae, commonly known as sawtail catsharks in reference to a distinctive saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles, found along the upper edges of their caudal fins. They a ...

'' G. Cuvier, 1816 **** ''

Galeus antillensis The Antilles catshark (''Galeus antillensis'') is a common but little-known species of catshark, part of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on or near the bottom at a depth of off Florida and the West Indies from Jamaica to Martinique. It w ...

'' S. Springer, 1979 (Antilles catshark) **** '' Galeus arae'' (

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, 1927) (rough-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus atlanticus'' (Vaillant, 1888) (Atlantic saw-tail catshark) **** ''

Galeus cadenati The longfin sawtail catshark (''Galeus cadenati'') is a rare, little-known species of catshark, part of the family Scyliorhinidae. Once thought to be a subspecies of the roughtail catshark (''G. arae'') along with the Antilles catshark (''G. a ...

'' S. Springer, 1966 (long-fin saw-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus eastmani'' (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) (gecko catshark) **** '' Galeus friedrichi'' Ebert & Jang, 2022 (Philippines sawtail catshark) **** '' Galeus gracilis'' L. J. V. Compagno & J. D. Stevens, 1993 (slender saw-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus longirostris'' Tachikawa & Taniuchi, 1987 (long-nose saw-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus melastomus'' Rafinesque, 1810 (black-mouth catshark) **** ''

Galeus mincaronei The southern sawtail catshark (''Galeus mincaronei'') is a species of catshark, part of the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other rela ...

'' Soto, 2001 (southern saw-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus murinus'' ( Collett, 1904) (mouse catshark) **** '' Galeus nipponensis'' Nakaya, 1975 (broad-fin saw-tail catshark) **** '' Galeus piperatus'' S. Springer & M. H. Wagner, 1966 (peppered catshark) **** ''Galeus polli'' Cadenat, 1959 (African saw-tail catshark) **** ''Galeus priapus'' Séret & Last, 2008 (phallic catshark) **** ''Galeus sauteri'' (D. S. Jordan & Robert Earl Richardson, R. E. Richardson, 1909) (black-tip saw-tail catshark) **** ''Galeus schultzi'' S. Springer, 1979 (dwarf saw-tail catshark) **** ''Galeus springeri'' Hera Konstantinou, Konstantinou & Joseph R. Cozzi, Cozzi, 1998 (Springer's saw-tail catshark) *** Genus ''Halaelurus'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** ''Halaelurus boesemani'' , S. Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972 (speckled catshark) **** ''Halaelurus buergeri'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (black-spotted catshark) **** ''Halaelurus lineatus'' Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1975 (lined catshark) **** ''Halaelurus maculosus'' W. T. White, Last & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (Indonesian speckled catshark) **** ''Halaelurus natalensis'' (Regan, 1904) (tiger catshark) **** ''Halaelurus quagga'' ( Alcock, 1899) (quagga catshark) **** ''Halaelurus sellus'' W. T. White, Last & J. D. Stevens, 2007 (rusty catshark) *** Genus ''Haploblepharus'' Garman, 1913 **** ''Haploblepharus edwardsii'' (Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Schinz, 1822) (puff adder shyshark) **** ''Haploblepharus fuscus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1950 (brown shyshark) ****''Haploblepharus kistnasamyi'' Human &L. J. V. Compagno, 2006 (natal shyshark) **** ''Haploblepharus pictus'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (dark shyshark) *** Genus ''Holohalaelurus'' Fowler, 1934 **** ''Holohalaelurus favus'' Human, 2006 (honeycomb catshark) **** ''Holohalaelurus grennian'' Human, 2006 (grinning catshark) **** ''Holohalaelurus melanostigma'' (John Roxborough Norman, Norman, 1939) (crying catshark) **** ''Holohalaelurus punctatus'' (Gilchrist, 1914) (white-spotted catshark) **** ''Holohalaelurus regani'' (Gilchrist, 1922) (Izak catshark) *** Genus ''Parmaturus'' Garman, 1906 **** ''Parmaturus albimarginatus'' Séret & Last, 2007 (white-tip catshark) **** ''Parmaturus albipenis'' Séret & Last, 2007 (white-clasper catshark) **** ''Parmaturus bigus'' Séret & Last, 2007 (beige catshark) **** ''Parmaturus campechiensis'' S. Springer, 1979 (Campeche catshark) **** ''Parmaturus lanatus'' Séret & Last, 2007 (velvet catshark) **** ''Parmaturus macmillani'' Graham S. Hardy, Hardy, 1985 (McMillan's catshark) **** ''Parmaturus melanobranchius'' (W. L. Y. Chan, 1966) (black-gill catshark) **** ''Parmaturus pilosus'' Garman, 1906 (salamander catshark) **** ''Parmaturus xaniurus'' (C. H. Gilbert, 1892) (file-tail catshark) **** ''Parmaturus'' sp. Not yet described (rough-back catshark) **** ''Parmaturus'' sp. Not yet described (Indonesian file-tail catshark) **** ''Parmaturus'' sp. Not yet described (Gulf of Mexico file-tail catshark) *** Genus ''Pentanchus'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 **** ''Pentanchus profundicolus'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (one-fin catshark) *** Genus ''Poroderma'' A. Smith, 1838 **** ''Poroderma africanum'' ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Striped catshark) **** ''Poroderma pantherinum'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (leopard catshark) *** Genus ''Schroederichthys'' A. Smith, 1838 **** ''Schroederichthys bivius'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (narrow-mouthed catshark) **** ''Schroederichthys chilensis'' (Alphone Guichenot, Guichenot, 1848) (red-spotted catshark) **** ''Schroederichthys maculatus'' S. Springer, 1966 (narrow-tail catshark) **** ''Schroederichthys saurisqualus'' Soto, 2001 (lizard catshark) **** ''Schroederichthys tenuis'' S. Springer, 1966 (slender catshark) *** Genus ''Scyliorhinus'' Blainville, 1816 **** ''Scyliorhinus boa'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (boa catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus cabofriensis'' Karla Diamantina de Araújo Soares, K. D. A. Soares, Ulisses Leite Gomes, U. L. Gomes & Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho, M. R. de Carvalho, 2016 **** ''Scyliorhinus canicula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (small-spotted catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus capensis'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838) (yellow-spotted catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus cervigoni'' Claude Maurin, Maurin & Marc Bonnet, M. Bonnet, 1970 (West African catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus comoroensis'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1988 (Comoro catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus garmani'' (Fowler, 1934) (brown-spotted catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus hachijoensis'' Ito, Fuji, Nohara, and Tanaka, 2022 (cinder cloudy catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus haeckelii'' (Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) (freckled catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus hesperius'' S. Springer, 1966 (white-saddled catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus meadi'' S. Springer, 1966 (blotched catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus retifer'' (Garman, 1881) (chain catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus stellaris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (nursehound) **** ''Scyliorhinus tokubee'' Shirai, Souichi Hagiwara, S. Hagiwara & Nakaya, 1992 (Izu catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus torazame'' (S. Tanaka (I), 1908) (cloudy catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus torrei'' Howell-Rivero, 1936 (dwarf catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus ugoi'' K. D. A. Soares, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig, Gadig & U. L. Gomes, 2015 (dark-freckled catshark) **** ''Scyliorhinus'' sp. X Not yet described (Oakley's catshark) ** Family Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks) *** Genus ''Eusphyra'' T. N. Gill, 1862 **** ''Eusphyra blochii'' (G. Cuvier, 1816) (wing-head shark) *** Genus ''Sphyrna'' Rafinesque, 1810 **** ''Sphyrna corona'' S. Springer, 1940 (scalloped bonnethead) **** ''Sphyrna gilberti'' Joseph Michael Quattro, Quattro, William B. Driggers III, Driggers, James M. Grady, Grady, Glenn F. Ulrich, Ulrich & Mark A. Roberts, M. A. Roberts, 2013 (Carolina hammerhead) **** ''Sphyrna lewini'' (Edward Griffith (zoologist), E. Griffith & C. H. Smith, 1834) (scalloped hammerhead) **** ''Sphyrna media'' S. Springer, 1940 (scoop-head hammerhead) **** ''Sphyrna mokarran'' (Rüppell, 1837) (great hammerhead) **** ''Sphyrna tiburo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (bonnethead shark) **** ''Sphyrna tudes'' (Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1822) (small-eye hammerhead) **** ''Sphyrna zygaena'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (smooth hammerhead) ** Family Triakidae (Houndsharks) *** Genus ''Furgaleus'' Whitley, 1951 **** ''Furgaleus macki'' (Whitley, 1943) (whiskery shark) *** Genus ''Galeorhinus'' Blainville, 1816 **** ''Galeorhinus galeus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (tope shark) *** Genus ''Gogolia'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1973 **** ''Gogolia filewoodi'' L. J. V. Compagno, 1973 (sail-back houndshark) *** Genus ''Hemitriakis'' Albert William Herre, Herre, 1923 **** ''Hemitriakis abdita'' L. J. V. Compagno & J. D. Stevens, 1993 (deep-water sickle-fin houndshark) **** ''Hemitriakis complicofasciata'' Tetsumi Takahashi, T. Takahashi & Nakaya, 2004 (ocellated topeshark) **** ''Hemitriakis falcata'' L. J. V. Compagno & J. D. Stevens, 1993 (sickle-fin houndshark) **** ''Hemitriakis indroyonoi'' W. T. White, L. J. V. Compagno & Dharmadi, 2009 (Indonesian houndshark) **** ''Hemitriakis japanica'' (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Japanese topeshark) **** ''Hemitriakis leucoperiptera'' Herre, 1923 (white-fin topeshark) *** Genus ''Hypogaleus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1957 **** ''Hypogaleus hyugaensis'' (Yasunori Miyosi, Miyosi, 1939) (black-tip tope) *** Genus ''Iago (genus), Iago'' L. J. V. Compagno & S. Springer, 1971 **** ''Iago garricki'' Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 (long-nose houndshark) **** ''Iago omanensis'' (Norman, 1939) (big-eye houndshark) *** Genus ''Mustelus'' Heinrich Friedrich Linck, H. F. Linck, 1790 **** ''Mustelus albipinnis'' Castro-Aguirre, Alberto Antuna-Mendiola, Antuna-Mendiola, Adrián Felipe González-Acosta, González-Acosta & José De La Cruz-Agüero, De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (white-margin fin houndshark) **** ''Mustelus antarcticus'' Günther, 1870 (gummy shark) **** ''Mustelus asterias'' Hippolyte Cloquet, Cloquet, 1821 (starry smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus californicus'' T. N. Gill, 1864 (grey smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus canis'' (Samuel L. Mitchill, Mitchill, 1815) ***** ''M. c. canis'' (Mitchill, 1815) (dusky smooth-hound) ***** ''M. c. insularis'' Heemstra, 1997 (Caribbean smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus dorsalis'' T. N. Gill, 1864 (sharp-tooth smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus fasciatus'' ( Garman, 1913) (Striped smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus griseus'' Pietschmann, 1908 (spotless smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus henlei'' (T. N. Gill, 1863) (brown smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus higmani'' S. Springer & Rosemary Helen Lowe-McConnell, R. H. Lowe, 1963 (small-eye smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus lenticulatus'' Phillipps, 1932 (spotted estuary smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus lunulatus'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (sickle-fin smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus manazo'' Bleeker, 1854 (star-spotted smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus mangalorensis'' Sherine Sonia Cubelio, Cubelio, Remya R & B. Madhusoodana Kurup, Kurup, 2011 (Mangalore houndshark) **** ''Mustelus mento'' Edward Drinker Cope, Cope, 1877 (speckled smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus minicanis'' Phillip C. Heemstra, Heemstra, 1997 (Dwarf smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus mosis'' Wilhelm Hemprich, Hemprich & Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ehrenberg, 1899 (Arabian smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus mustelus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (common smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus norrisi'' S. Springer, 1939 (narrow-fin smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus palumbes'' J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (white-spotted smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus punctulatus'' A. Risso, 1827 (black-spotted smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus ravidus'' W. T. White & Last, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus schmitti'' S. Springer, 1939 (narrow-nose smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus sinusmexicanus'' Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus stevensi'' W. T. White & Last, 2008 (western spotted gummy shark) **** ''Mustelus walkeri'' W. T. White & Last, 2008 (eastern spotted gummy shark) **** ''Mustelus whitneyi'' Norma Victoria Chirichigno Fonseca, Chirichigno F., 1973 (humpback smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus widodoi'' W. T. White & Last, 2006 (white-fin smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus ''sp. Not yet described (Sarawak smooth-hound) **** ''Mustelus ''sp. Not yet described (Kermadec smooth-hound) *** Genus ''Scylliogaleus'' George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1902 **** ''Scylliogaleus quecketti'' Boulenger, 1902 (flap-nose houndshark) *** Genus ''Triakis'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 **** ''Triakis acutipinna'' Kato, 1968 (sharp-fin houndshark) **** ''Triakis maculata'' Rudolf Kner, Kner & Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1867 (spotted houndshark) **** ''Triakis megalopterus'' (A. Smith, 1839) (sharp-tooth houndshark) **** ''Triakis scyllium'' J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (banded houndshark) **** ''Triakis semifasciata'' Girard, 1855 (leopard shark)

Alphabetic sort

* A ** African angelshark ** African dwarf sawshark ** African frilled shark ** African lanternshark ** African ribbontail catshark ** African sawtail catshark **American pocket shark ** Angelshark ** Angular angelshark ** Angular roughshark ** Antilles catshark ** Arabian carpetshark ** Arabian catshark ** Argentine angelshark ** Arrowhead dogfish ** Atlantic angel shark ** Atlantic sawtail catshark ** Atlantic sixgill shark ** Atlantic sharpnose shark ** Atlantic weasel shark ** Australian angelshark ** Australian blackspotted catshark ** Australian blacktip shark ** Australian grey smooth-hound ** Australian marbled catshark ** Australian reticulate swellshark ** Australian sawtail catshark ** Australian sharpnose shark ** Australian spotted catshark ** Australian swellshark ** Australian weasel shark ** Azores dogfish * B ** Bahamas sawshark ** Bali catshark ** Balloon shark ** Banded houndshark ** Banded sand catshark ** Banded wobbegong ** Bartail spurdog ** Barbelthroat carpetshark ** Barbeled houndshark ** Bareskin dogfish ** Basking shark ** Beige catshark ** Bigeye houndshark ** Bigeye sand tiger ** Bigeye thresher shark ** Bighead catshark ** Bighead spurdog ** Bignose shark ** Bigeyed sixgill shark ** Birdbeak dogfish ** Blackbelly lanternshark ** Black dogfish ** Blackfin gulper shark ** Blackgill catshark ** Blackmouth catshark ** Blackmouth lanternshark ** Blacknose shark ** Black roughscale catshark ** Blackspot shark ** Blackspotted catshark ** Blackspotted smooth-hound ** Blacktail reef shark ** Blacktailed spurdog ** Blacktip reef shark ** Blacktip sawtail catshark ** Blacktip shark ** Blacktip tope ** Black wonder catshark ** Blind shark ** Blotched catshark (disambiguation), Blotched catshark, two different species ** Blotchy swellshark ** Blue-eye lanternshark ** Bluegrey carpetshark ** Blue shark ** Bluntnose sixgill shark ** Blunt-nose spiny dogfish ** Blurred lanternshark ** Boa catshark ** Bonnethead shark ** Borneo broadfin shark ** Borneo shark ** Bramble shark ** Brazilian sharpnose shark ** Bristled lanternshark ** Bristly catshark ** Broadbanded lanternshark ** Broadfin sawtail catshark ** Broadfin shark ** Broadgill catshark ** Broadhead catshark ** Broadmouth catshark ** Broadnose catshark ** Broadnose sevengill shark ** Broad-snout lanternshark ** Brownbanded bamboo shark ** Brown catshark ** Brown lanternshark ** Brown shyshark ** Brown smoothhound ** Brownspotted catshark ** Bull shark ** Burmese bamboo shark * C ** Campeche catshark ** Caribbean lanternshark ** Caribbean reef shark ** Caribbean roughshark ** Caribbean sharpnose shark ** Caribbean smooth-hound ** Carolina hammerhead ** Cenderwasih epaulette shark, Cenderawasih epaulette shark ** Chain catshark ** Chilean angelshark ** Chilean lanternshark ** Clouded angelshark ** Cloudy catshark ** Coates' shark ** Cobbler wobbegong ** Collared carpetshark ** Combtooth dogfish ** Combtooth lanternshark ** Common smooth-hound ** Comoro catshark ** Cook's swellshark ** Cookie-cutter shark ** Copper shark ** Coral catshark ** Creek whaler ** Crested bullhead shark ** Crocodile shark ** Crying catshark ** Cuban dogfish ** Cuban ribbontail catshark ** Cylindrical lanternshark ** Cyrano spurdog * D ** Daggernose shark ** Dark freckled catshark ** Dark shyshark ** Deepwater catshark ** Deepwater sicklefin houndshark ** Dense-scale lantern shark ** Disparate angelshark ** Draughtsboard shark ** Dumb gulper shark ** Dusky catshark ** Dusky shark ** Dusky smooth-hound ** Dusky snout catshark ** Dwarf catshark ** Dwarf false catshark ** Dwarf gulper shark ** Dwarf lanternshark ** Dwarf sawtail catshark ** Dwarf smooth-hound ** Dwarf spotted wobbegong * E ** Eastern angelshark ** Eastern banded catshark ** Eastern highfin spurdog ** Eastern longnose spurdog ** Eastern spotted gummy shark ** Edmund's spurdog ** Elongate carpetshark ** Epaulette shark * F ** False catshark ** False lanternshark ** False smalltail shark ** Fat catshark ** Fatspine spurdog ** Fedorov's catshark ** Filetail catshark ** Finetooth shark ** Flaccid catshark ** Flagtail swellshark ** Flapnose houndshark ** Flathead catshark ** Floral banded wobbegong ** Formosa swellshark ** Freckled catshark ** Frilled shark ** Fringefin lanternshark ** Frog shark * G ** Galapagos bullhead shark ** Galapagos shark ** Galbraith's catshark ** Ganges shark ** Garrick's catshark ** Gecko catshark ** Genie's dogfish ** Ghost catshark ** Ginger carpetshark ** Goblin shark ** Graceful catshark ** Graceful shark ** Granular dogfish ** Great hammerhead ** Great lanternshark ** Great white shark ** Green-eye spurdog ** Green lanternshark ** Greenland shark ** Grey bamboo shark ** Grey sharpnose shark ** Grey smooth-hound ** Grinning catshark ** Guadalupe lanternshark ** Gulf catshark ** Gulf of Mexico filetail catshark ** Gulf smooth-hound ** Gulper shark ** Gummy shark * H ** Halmahera epaulette shark ** Hardnose shark ** Harlequin catshark ** Hasselt's bamboo shark ** Hawaiian lanternshark ** Hidden angelshark ** Highfin dogfish ** Hoary catshark ** Honeycomb Izak ** Hooded carpetshark ** Hooktooth dogfish ** Hooktooth shark ** Horn shark ** Human's whaler shark ** Humpback catshark ** Humpback smooth-hound * I ** Iceland catshark ** Indian swellshark ** Indonesian angelshark ** Indonesian filetail catshark ** Indonesian greeneye spurdog ** Indonesian houndshark ** Indonesian shortsnout spurdog ** Indonesian speckled carpetshark ** Indonesian speckled catshark ** Carcharhinus tjutjot, Indonesian whaler shark ** Indonesian wobbegong ** Izak catshark ** Izu catshark * J ** Jaguar catshark ** Japanese angelshark ** Japanese bullhead shark ** Japanese catshark ** Japanese roughshark ** Japanese sawshark ** Japanese shortnose spurdog ** Japanese spurdog ** Japanese topeshark ** Japanese velvet dogfish ** Japanese wobbegong * K ** Kermadec smooth hound ** Kermadec spiny dogfish ** Kitefin shark ** Knifetooth dogfish * L ** Lana's sawshark ** Largenose catshark ** Largespine velvet dogfish ** Largetooth cookiecutter shark ** Leafscale gulper shark ** Lemon shark ** Leopard catshark ** Hemiscyllium michaeli, Leopard epaulette shark ** Leopard shark ** Lined catshark ** Lined lanternshark ** Lined lanternshark ** Little gulper shark ** Little sleeper shark ** Lizard catshark ** Lollipop catshark ** Lombok highfin spurdog ** Longfin catshark ** Longfin mako ** Longfin sawtail catshark ** Longhead catshark ** Longnose catshark ** Longnose houndshark ** Longnose pygmy shark ** Longnose sawshark ** Longnose sawtail catshark ** Longnose spurdog ** Longnose velvet dogfish ** Longsnout dogfish ** Longnose sleeper shark ** Lowfin gulper shark * M ** Magnificent catshark ** Mandarin dogfish ** Mangalore houndshark ** McMillan's catshark ** Megamouth shark ** Mexican angelshark ** Mexican hornshark ** Milk-eye catshark ** Milk shark ** Mini gulper shark ** Moller's lanternshark ** Mosaic gulper shark ** Mouse catshark ** Mud catshark ** Mukah river shark * N ** Narrowbar swellshark ** Narrowfin smooth-hound ** Narrowhead catshark ** Narrowmouthed catshark ** Narrownose smooth-hound ** Narrowtail catshark ** Natal shyshark ** Necklace carpetshark ** Nervous shark ** Network wobbegong ** New Caledonia catshark ** New Zealand catshark ** New Zealand lanternshark ** Night shark ** Ninja lanternshark ** Northern river shark ** Northern sawtail catshark ** Northern spiny dogfish ** Northern wobbegong ** Nurse shark ** Nursehound **Nurseblood * O ** Oakley's catshark ** Oceanic whitetip shark ** Ocellate topeshark ** Ocellated angelshark ** Oman bullhead shark ** Onefin catshark ** Orange spotted catshark ** Ornate angelshark ** Ornate dogfish ** Ornate wobbegong * P ** Pacific angelshark ** Pacific nurse shark ** Pacific sharpnose shark ** Pacific sleeper shark ** Pacific smalltail shark ** Pacific spadenose shark ** Pacific spiny dogfish ** Painted swellshark ** Pale catshark ** Pale spotted catshark ** Panama ghost catshark ** Papua shorttail lanternshark ** Papuan epaulette shark ** Pelagic thresher shark ** Peppered catshark ** Phallic catshark ** Squatina caillieti, Philippines angelshark ** Philippines ribbontail catshark ** Philippines swellshark ** Pigeye shark ** Pink lanternshark ** Pinocchio catshark ** Plunket's shark ** Pocket shark ** Pondicherry shark ** Porbeagle shark ** Port Jackson shark ** Portuguese dogfish ** Prickly dogfish ** Prickly shark ** Puffadder shyshark ** Pygmy lanternshark ** Pygmy ribbontail catshark ** Pygmy shark * Q ** Quagga catshark * R ** Rasptooth dogfish ** Redspotted catshark ** Reticulated swellshark ** Roughback catshark ** Rough longnose dogfish ** Roughskin catshark ** Roughskin dogfish ** Roughskin spurdog ** Roughtail catshark ** Rusty carpetshark ** Rusty catshark * S ** Saddle carpetshark ** Saddled swellshark ** Sailback houndshark ** Sailfin roughshark ** Salamander shark ** Saldanha catshark ** Salmon shark ** Sandtiger shark ** Sandbar shark ** Sarawak pygmy swellshark ** Sarawak smooth-hound ** Sawback angelshark ** Scalloped bonnethead ** Scalloped hammerhead ** Scoophead ** Sculpted lanternshark ** Seychelles carpetshark ** Seychelles gulper shark ** Seychelles spurdog ** Sharpfin houndshark ** Sharpnose sevengill shark ** Sharptooth houndshark ** Sharptooth smooth-hound ** Sherwood dogfish ** Shortbelly catshark ** Shortfin mako ** Shortfin smooth lanternshark ** Shortnose demon catshark ** Shortnose sawshark ** Shortnose spurdog ** Shortspine spurdog ** Shorttail lanternshark ** Shorttail nurse shark ** Sicklefin houndshark ** Sicklefin lemon shark ** Sicklefin smooth-hound ** Sicklefin weasel shark ** Silky shark ** Silvertip shark ** Sixgill sawshark ** Slender bamboo shark ** Slender catshark ** Slender gulper shark ** Slender sawtail catshark ** Slender smooth-hound ** Slender weasel shark ** Sliteye shark ** Smallbelly catshark ** Smalldorsal catshark ** Smalleye catshark ** Smalleye hammerhead ** Smalleye lantern shark ** Smalleye pygmy shark ** Smalleye smooth-hound ** Smallfin catshark ** Smallfin gulper shark ** Small-spotted catshark ** Smalltail shark ** Smalltooth sand tiger ** Smoothback angelshark ** Smooth hammerhead ** Smooth lanternshark ** Smoothtooth blacktip shark ** Snaggletooth shark ** Sombre catshark ** South China catshark ** Southern dogfish ** Southern lanternshark ** Southern lollipop catshark ** Southern mandarin dogfish ** Southern sawtail catshark ** Southern sleeper shark ** Spadenose shark ** Sparsetooth dogfish ** Spatulasnout catshark ** Speartooth shark ** Speckled carpetshark ** Speckled catshark ** Speckled smooth-hound ** Speckled swellshark ** Spined pygmy shark ** Spinner shark ** Spiny dogfish ** Splendid lanternshark ** Spongehead catshark ** Spotless catshark ** Spotless smooth-hound ** Spottail shark ** Spotted-belly catshark ** Spotted estuary smooth-hound ** Spotted houndshark ** Spotted wobbegong ** Springer's sawtail catshark ** Starspotted smooth-hound ** Starry catshark ** Starry smooth-hound ** Steven's swellshark ** Straight-tooth weasel shark ** Striped catshark ** Striped smooth-hound ** Sulu gollumshark ** Swellshark * T ** Taillight shark ** Tailspot lanternshark ** Taiwan angelshark ** Taiwan saddled carpetshark ** Taiwan spurdog ** Tasselled wobbegong ** Tawny nurse shark ** Thorny lanternshark ** Thresher shark ** Tiger catshark ** Tiger shark ** Tope shark ** Triton epaulette shark ** Tropical sawshark * V ** Variegated catshark ** Velvet belly lanternshark ** Velvet catshark ** Velvet dogfish ** Viper dogfish * W ** West African catshark ** West Indian lanternshark ** Western angelshark ** Western gulper shark ** Western highfin spurdog ** Western longnose spurdog ** Western spotted catshark ** Western spotted gummy shark ** Western wobbegong ** Whale shark ** Whiskery shark ** Whitebodied catshark ** Whitecheek shark ** White-clasper catshark ** Whitefin dogfish ** White-fin smooth-hound ** Whitefin swellshark ** Whitefin topeshark ** White ghost catshark ** White-margin fin smooth-hound ** Whitemarked gollumshark ** Whitenose shark ** Whitesaddled catshark ** Whitespotted bamboo shark ** Whitespotted bullhead shark ** Whitespotted catshark ** Whitespotted smooth-hound ** Whitetail dogfish ** White-tip catshark ** Whitetip reef shark ** Whitetip weasel shark ** Winghead shark * Y ** Yellowspotted catshark * Z ** Zebra bullhead shark ** Zebra shark

References

Animal Diversity Web
{{Shark nav Sharks Taxonomic lists (species), Sharks