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Arabian carpetshark
Chiloscyllium arabicum
The Arabian carpetshark has a slender, almost cylindrical body and a relatively long, thick, rounded snout. …
Marine
Guide to marine fish with sorting and selection options by family, feeding method, size, and other important characteristics.
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Barbelthroat carpetshark
Cirrhoscyllium expolitum
Sharks have a slender, elongated body and a long, slightly pointed snout. The throat has characteristic …
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Hexanchus griseus
The bluntnose sixgill shark has a dense, spindle-shaped body and a broad head with a blunt …
Broadnose sevengill shark
Notorynchus cepedianus
The broadnose sevengill shark has a large, fusiform (spindle-shaped) body with a wide, rounded head and …
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum
The brownbanded bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal protrusions. The …
Epaulette shark
Hemiscyllium ocellatum
There is no hood on the head from the snout to the gills. The mouth is …
Frilled shark
Chlamydoselachus anguineus
The frilled shark is named for the wide skin folds formed by gill fibres covering the …
Grey bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium griseum
The grey bamboo shark has a slender cylindrical body with no lateral or dorsal projections. The …
Indonesian wobbegong
Orectolobus leptolineatus
The Indonesian Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …
Japanese wobbegong
Orectolobus japonicus
They have a flattened and broad head and body. There is a leathery fringe of five …
Nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
When viewed from above or from the side, the head of juvenile sharks is broadly arched, …
Sharpnose sevengill shark
Heptranchias perlo
These sharks have a slender, spindly body with a narrow, pointed head. The large oval eyes …
Spotted wobbegong
Orectolobus maculatus
The Spotted Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The nostrils are framed by …
Tasselled wobbegong
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
The Tasselled Wobbegong has a flattened and broad head and body. The width of the head …
Tawny nurse shark
Nebrius ferrugineus
The body shape of the tawny nurse shark is more streamlined than that of other nurse …
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
The body is strong and thick, the head is relatively small. The shape of the head …
Whitespotted bamboo shark
Chiloscyllium plagiosum
The white-spotted bamboo shark has a fairly dense cylindrical body with lateral ridges and dorsal ridges …
Zebra shark
Stegostoma tigrinum
The body of the Zebra Shark is cylindrical, with five protruding longitudinal ridges on the skin …