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angel shark
blacktip reef shark
blind shark
blue shark
bull shark
crocodile shark
Great white shark
great white shark
grey reef shark
hammerhead shark
lemon shark
lemon shark
leopard shark
megamouth shark
nurse shark
Sharpnose sevengill shark
Shortfin mako shark
Shortfin mako shark
shortnose chimaera
silky shark
Spotted Wobbegong shark
tiger shark
whaleshark
whitetip reef shark
zebra shark
the Shark family
- Angel shark*
- Bamboo shark
- Barbelled Houndshark
- Blacktip reef shark*
- Blind shark*
- Blue shark*
- Bramble sharks
- Bull shark*
- Pygmy shark
- Cookie Cutter shark
- Crocodile shark*
- Goblin shark
- Great White shark*
- Grey Reef shark*
- Greenland shark
- Hammerhead shark*
- Lemon shark*
- Leopard shark*
- Mako
- Megamouth shark*
- Milk shark
- Nurse shark*
- Pygmy shark
- Rough sharks
- Sand-tiger shark
- Silky shark*
- Shortnose sawshark
- Soupfin shark
- Swell shark
- Thresher shark
- Tiger shark*
- Whale shark
- Whitetip reef shark*
- Zebra shark*
* where image available
sharks
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Sharks are found in all the seas and oceans. There are 440 different species of sharks.
They are efficient predators and some species of will attack people in the water.
The bull shark is an aggressive shark and has a reputation for attacking people. One of the reasons for this is that it tends to swim in shallow water and therefore is likely to come into contact with people.
The great white shark is a ferocious and efficient predator and the shark that people are generally the most fearful of. This shark can be 5 m long (some bigger specimens have been recorded) and weigh as much as 3000 kg.
The grey reef shark is common in the central Pacific Ocean. It averages nearly 2 m in length. The grey reef shark is an aggressive shark and has been responsible for a number of attacks on people.
The lemon shark lives mainly along the subtropical and tropical parts of the Atlantic coast of North and South America. It is frequently found along coast lines and in areas where it comes into contact with people. It does not have a reputation for attacking people. The lemon shark averages approximately 3m in length and weighs around 150 kg.
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Prionace glauca Blue shark NOAA image in public domain |
Rhincodon typus whaleshark User:Zac Wolf Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic |
Carcharodon carcharias great white shark User: Pterantula GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 |
Brachaelurus waddi blind shark User: David_Breneman GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 |
Negaprion brevirostris lemon shark User: albert kok GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 |
Orectolobus maculatus Spotted Wobbegong shark User: Rling GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 |
Triaenodon obesus whitetip reef shark User: Rling GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 |
Squatina squatina Japanese Angel shark User: Jinsuk-Kim image in public domain |