by
José I. Castro,
Christa M. Woodley
and
Rebecca L. Brudek
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
75 Virginia Beach Dr.
Miami, Florida 33149
USA
FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER
380
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 1999
ISSN 0429-9345
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2. Problems in understanding and assessing the status of shark populations
3. Biological characteristics and reproductive potential of sharks
4. The status of elasmobranch species
4.1 Explanation of the status categories
4.2 Species accounts by family4.2.1 Frilled shark, Family Chlamydoselachidae
4.2.2 Cow sharks, Family Hexanchidae
4.2.3 Bramble sharks, Family Echinorhinidae
4.2.4 Dogfish sharks, Family Squalidae
4.2.5 Rough sharks, Family Oxynotidae
4.2.6 Sawsharks, Family Pristiophoridae
4.2.7 Angel sharks, Family Squatinidae
4.2.8 Bullhead sharks, Family Heterodontidae
4.2.9 Collared carpetsharks, Family Parascyllidae
4.2.10 Blind sharks, Family Brachaeluridae
4.2.11 Wobbegongs, Family Orectolobidae
4.2.12 Bamboo sharks, Family Hemiscylliidae
4.2.13 Zebra sharks, Family Stegostomatidae
4.2.14 Nurse sharks, Family Ginglymostomatidae
4.2.15 Whale shark, Family Rhincodontidae
4.2.16 Sand tiger sharks, Family Odontaspididae
4.2.17 Goblin sharks, Family Mitsukurinidae
4.2.18 Crocodile sharks, Family Pseudocarchariidae
4.2.19 Megamouth sharks, Family Megachasmidae
4.2.20 Thresher sharks, Family Alopiidae
4.2.21 Basking sharks, Family Cetorhinidae
4.2.22 Mackerel sharks, Family Lamnidae
4.2.23 Catsharks, Family Scyliorhinidae
4.2.24 Finback catsharks, Family Proscylliidae
4.2.25 False catsharks, Family Pseudotriakidae
4.2.26 Barbeled houndsharks, Family Leptochariidae
4.2.27 Smooth-hounds or houndsharks, Family Triakidae
4.2.28 Weasel sharks, Family Hemigaleidae
4.2.29 Requiem sharks, Family Carcharhinidae
4.2.30 Hammerhead sharks, Family Sphyrnidae