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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)
Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno (1943-2024) was an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject, best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark species produced for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Ground sharks, like this blacknose shark, have a nictitating membrane which can be drawn over the eye to protect it. Carcharhiniformes / k ɑːr k ə ˈ r aɪ n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / , commonly known as ground sharks, are the largest order of sharks , with over 270 species.
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The term kitefin shark is also used as the common name for the type species of the family, Dalatias licha. Echinorhinidae: Bramble sharks: 1 2 Bramble sharks are usually benthic fish found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, while the prickly shark is found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. Their usual prey is small fish ...
Frilled sharks contain only two extant species of deepsea creatures which are typically weakened in areas closer to the surface. The most widely known species still surviving is the frilled shark , known as a living fossil, along with the Southern African frilled shark , found along coastal areas of South Africa.
Video above: Tail end of shark week celebrated at Shark Con. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new species of shark in South America.
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).