Sharks

Sharks

A large grayish marine predatory fish (family order: Selachimorpha) with a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales.

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A species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. One of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, it is found as far east as Easter Island and as far west as South Africa. This species is ...

megalodon

Animals; Sharks

Regarded as the largest and most powerful vertebrate predator of all times, megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived on Earth some 1.5 million years ago. Fossil remains indicate that the ...

Walhai

Animals; Sharks

Der Walhai (Rhincodon typus) ist der größte Hai und zugleich der größte Fisch der Gegenwart.

Thrasher

Animals; Sharks

More commonly known as the thresher shark, it is a large pelagic lamniform shark of warm seas belonging to the family Alopiidae and genus Alopias.They have a long, whiplike tail which is used to stun ...

Longfin mako shark

Animals; Sharks

This shark is very similar to the shortfin mako, but has longer pectoral fins and a blunter snout. It is also less-common shark than the shortfin mako. Longfin makos reproduce via aplacental ...

Thresher shark

Animals; Sharks

This shark's tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe. The thresher grows to be about 16.5 to 20 feet (5 to 6 m) long with a countershaded body, blue above, white underneath. It has small jaws, ...

Sandbar shark

Animals; Sharks

Also called the thickskin shark, the brown shark, the northern whaler, and the ground shark. This is a common shark with a very tall dorsal fin. They have mouse-gray skin, with paler skin below; the ...