Allfishes
Scalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
The broad and flat head of the shark is divided into 2 lobes, with small eyes …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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School shark
Galeorhinus galeus
The genus name comes from the Greek words γαλεός 'shark' and ῥινός 'nose'. Their bodies are …
Shark, Atlantic Angel
Squatina dumeril
The Atlantic angelfish is often mistaken for a stingray because of its flattened, triangular body. However, …
Shark, Basking
Cetorhinus maximus
The dark gray or slate-gray fish, transitioning to a paler hue, got its name from its …
Shark, Blacktip
Carcharhinus limbatus
Dark bluish-gray on the back and whitish underneath, with a distinctive silvery-white stripe on each side. …
Shark, Blue
Prionace glauca
The blue shark is very slender and streamlined, with a long and pointed snout that is …
Shark, Bonnethead
Sphyrna tiburo
The bonnethead shark is characterized by the presence of eyes located at the far ends of …
Shark, Bull
Carcharhinus leucas
The Bull shark gets its name from its bull-like head and is known for its heavy …
Shark, Lemon
Negaprion brevirostris
It is usually yellow-brown, but can also be a dirty dark brown or dark gray with …
Shark, Leopard
Triakis semifasciata
The leopard shark is a striking fish, so named for its leopard-like black spots that run …
Shark, Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
The porbeagle has a strong, cobalt blue body with a perfectly conical snout ending in a …
Shark, Sand Tiger
Carcharias taurus
It has a grayish-brown or tan coloration, with dark brown spots on the sides that increase …
Shark, Sandbar
Carcharhinus Plumbeus
A relatively heavy fish, it has a dark bluish-gray or brownish-gray color and a pale or …
Shark, Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
The snout is sharp, conical. There are 24-25 sharp lanceolate teeth on each jaw. The caudal …
Shark, Tiger
Galeocerdo cuvier
Dark bluish-gray or brownish-gray above and whitish below, the tiger shark is so called because of …
Shark, White
Carcharodon carcharias
The white shark has a strong, heavy body that can be a dull slate-blue, grayish-brown, or …
Sharks
Like all fish, sharks are vertebrates, but ichthyologists separate them from most bony fish because a …
Sharks, Hammerhead
Sphyrna species
Hammerheads are easy to identify, even for the beginner: the eyes are located at the ends …
Sharks, Sharpnose
Rhizoprionodon species
It has a characteristic long and flattened snout and a slender brown to olive-gray body with …
Sharks, Thresher
Alopias species
Known by various names, the thresher shark is distinguished by its well-branched tail, whose upper blade …
Sharpnose sevengill shark
Heptranchias perlo
These sharks have a slender, spindly body with a narrow, pointed head. The large oval eyes …
Short-tail stingray
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
The short-tail stingray has a broad, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is wider than it is …
Sicklefin lemon shark
Negaprion acutidens
A large, stocky, yellowish shark with a broad, blunt snout, narrow teeth with smooth protrusions on …
Sicklefin weasel shark
Hemigaleus microstoma
The sicklefin weasel shark has a slender body and a rounded, rather elongated snout. The large …