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TYPES OF SHARKS TYPES OF SHARKS. To wrap it up, let's look at some of the types of sharks we've been discussing. ANGEL SHARK: 1  flat body like a stingray -- you can tell the shark is not a ray because the pectoral fins are not attached to the head. 2  They bury themselves in the sand or mud with only the eyes and part of the top of the body exposed.
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Types of Sharks Shortfin mako sharks are thought to be the fastest shark species. These sharks can grow to a length of about 13 feet and a weight of about 1,220 pounds. They have a light underside and a bluish coloration on their back.
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FOUND SEA CREATURESALSO SEE TURTLES , OTTERS BLUE SHARK: 1  about 12 feet long. 2  sleek, tapered body. 3  among the fastest swimming sharks and can even leap out of the water. 4  diet consists mostly of squid, but it will eat almost anything.
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- Bull sharks have been found up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois, and one was found 2,500 miles up the Amazon. Lake Nicaragua is full of bull sharks, known locally as Nicaragua sharks. The Zambezi River in Africa is home to many bull sharks, which are called Zambezi sharks there. After Hurricane Katrina, large numbers of bull sharks were reportedly seen swimming in Lake Pontchartrain. Bull shark moms tend to give birth in coastal lagoons, river mouths, and other estuaries.
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Types of Sharks • Hammerhead Sharks. There are several species of hammerhead sharks, which are in the family Sphyrnidae. These species include the winghead, mallethead, scalloped hammerhead, scoophead, great hammerhead and bonnethead sharks. These sharks differ from other sharks, as they have very unique hammer-shaped heads.
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Shortfin mako shark Shortfin mako shark. The shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), also known as the blue pointer or bonito shark, is a large mackerel shark. It is commonly referred to as the mako shark, as is the longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus).
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Shark Sharks are a superorder of fish called Selachimorpha. They, like other Chondrichthyes, have skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone. Cartilage is tough, rubbery material which is less rigid than bone. Cartilaginous fish also include skates and rays.
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Types of Sharks This type of shark isn’t a meat eater. Instead it focuses on what it can find along the bottom of the ocean. Clams and mollusks often are a big part of their overall diet. The coloring of angel sharks allow them to blend in well with the bottom of the ocean though so they often go undetected.
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How Many Types of Sharks Are There Currently there are approximately 400 described species of sharks, however new species are being described all the time. In addition, there are around 400 species of rays, a close relative of sharks. Like all living things that humans know about, they are classified by kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and species. Sharks all belong to the same class, Chondrichthyes, but they are divided into 8 different orders.
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Sharks There are over 470 species of sharks and have a large rangein size. The smallest shark is the dwarf lanternshark with a maxlength of about 8.3 in. The largest is the whale shark (the largestfish in the world) which grows to about 39 feet in length.
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Shark They have numerous sets of replaceable teeth. Well-known species such as the great white shark, tiger shark, blue shark, mako shark, and the hammerhead shark are apex predators—organisms at the top of their underwater food chain. Many shark populations are threatened by human activities.
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Types of Sharks The Bull Shark – They’re everywhere you wouldn’t expect them to be! Known as the Carcharhinus Leucas in the scientific community, it has a stocky figure and a broad, flat snout. This is one of 43 shark species that can live in both seawater and freshwater.
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Biggest Sharks In The World Whale Shark. The Whale Shark is the largest and the heaviest living shark because its weight is more than 21 tons and its length is more than 12 meter. It is found in open oceans and warm waters. It feeds on plankton but some times it also uses other small fishes as food.
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- Delaware’s Most Commonly Misidentified Sharks. Smoothhound (Smooth Dogfish)  Slender with a tapering, blunt snout.  Color of upper side varies from gray to brown with the underside a yellowish gray to white.
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Shark Anatomy There are more than 400 shark species in the ocean, but they all have the same basic anatomy. This amazing anatomy masterfully designed by evolution is what sets sharks apart from other types of aquatic life including whales and dolphins.
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Top 10 Incredible Sharks The zebra shark is a species of carpet shark. Adult zebra sharks are distinctive in appearance, with five longitudinal ridges on a cylindrical body, a low caudal fin comprising nearly half the total length, and a pattern of dark spots on a pale background.
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How Many Types of Sharks Are There Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays.
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Types of Sharks Tiger sharks have darker stripe on their sides, especially in younger sharks. These are large sharks that may grow over 18 feet in length and weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Although diving with tiger sharks is an activity some engage in, these are another shark that is one of the top species reported in shark attacks. More ».
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Shark Teeth There are four different types of shark teeth. While sharks’ teeth do share the common traits described above, they have very different shapes and uses. There are four basic groups of shark diets and because of this there are four basic types of shark teeth. -Sharks that typically eat fish have long, narrow, needle-like teeth ideal for gripping something as slippery and streamlined as a fish.
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Shark Information Facts about Great White Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Bull Sharks, Whale Sharks, Bull Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Mako Shark and more. Sharks are a large group of fish that have inhabited the oceans for over 400 million years, even before dinosaurs populated our planet.
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Types of Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea Types of Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Yes, there are sharks in the Mediterranean Sea: seldom seen, and even more seldom coming anywhere close to people. They are there, but in ever-decreasing numbers as they are being fished to extinction. The Mediterranean Sea is an inland sea spanning three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.
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- The only living member of the Cetorhinidae family, basking sharks fall within the same shark order as great whites. This ancient order is called mackerel sharks, or Lamniformes, and includes a wide range of species from megamouths to makos, and threshers to goblin sharks.
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Shark There are more than 350 different kinds of sharks, such as the great white and whale sharks. Fossils show that sharks have been around for 420 million years, since the early Silurian. Most sharks are predators, meaning they hunt and eat fish, marine mammals, and other sea creatures. However, the largest shark eats krill, like whales. This is the whale shark, the largest fish in the world.
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Sharks & Rays The whale shark is one of the largest of all the shark species. In fact, it is the largest fish in the world, growing to a length of over 40 feet. In spite of its huge size, however, the whale shark is completely harmless. This shark uses special organs in its gill bars to filter microscopic plankton from the water.
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WWFAbout Us How to HelpSearchSearch wDonate AdoptOur Work Species Places While many of us may be familiar with a few shark species, there are over 400 of them, from the 8-inch-long dwarf lanternshark to the 40-foot-long whale shark. Sharks are efficient predators with a highly developed sense of smell, hearing and sight. They can detect their prey’s scent from a great distance.
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List of sharks List of sharks. Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii, in the class Chondrichthyes. The Elasmobranchii also include rays and skates; the Chondrichthyes also include Chimaeras. The first sharks appeared in the oceans over 440 million years ago. Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described 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.
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Top 10 Deadly Sharks Paradoxically, the two largest species of shark, that make also the largest fish species, are harmless for people, being plankton feeders, like the whales: the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) (up to 20 m (66 ft) long and 34 tonnes in weight), basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) (up to 9.8 m (33 ft) long and 4 tonnes).
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- Just a few species of sharks that lay eggs include: 1  Bamboo sharks or carpet sharks. 2  Swell sharks. 3  Cat sharks. 4  Horn (bullhead) sharks.
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- Sharks have five different kinds of fins. 1  Paired pectoral fins lift the shark as it swims. 2  Paired pelvic fins stabilize the shark. 3  One or two dorsal fins also stabilize the shark. In some species, dorsal fins have spines. 4  Not all sharks have an anal fin, but it. provides stability for the sharks that do have one.
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TYPES OF SHARKS TYPES OF SHARKS. To wrap it up, let's look at some of the types of sharks we've been discussing. ANGEL SHARK: 1  flat body like a stingray -- you can tell the shark is not a ray because the pectoral fins are not attached to the head.2  They bury themselves in the sand or mud with only the eyes and part of the top of the body exposed.NGEL SHARK: 1  flat body like a stingray -- you can tell the shark is not a ray because the pectoral fins are not attached to the head. 2  They bury themselves in the sand or mud with only the eyes and part of the top of the body exposed.