|
FAO Name |
Scientific Name |
|
Basking shark |
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765) |
|
Bigeye thresher |
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe 1839) |
|
Blue shark |
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus 1758) |
|
Bull shark |
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839) |
|
Creek whaler |
Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Whitley°1943) |
|
Dusky shark |
Carcharhinus obscurus (LeSueur 1818) |
|
Great hammerhead |
Sphyrna mokarran (Ruppell 1837) |
|
Great white shark |
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) |
|
Lemon shark |
Negaprion brevirostris (Poey 1868) |
|
Oceanic whitetip shark |
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey 1861) |
|
Pelagic thresher |
Alopias pelagicus Nakamura 1935 |
|
Porbeagle |
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre 1788) |
|
Salmon shark |
Lamna ditropis (Hubbs & Follett 1947) |
|
Sandbar shark |
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo 1827) |
|
Sandtiger shark |
Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque 1810) |
|
Scalloped hammerhead |
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834) |
|
Shortfin mako |
Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque) 1809 |
|
Sicklefin lemon shark |
Negaprion acutidens (Ruppell 1837) |
|
Silky shark |
Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron 1839) |
|
Smooth hammerhead |
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) |
|
Snaggletooth shark |
Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger 1871) |
|
Spinner shark |
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Muller & Henle 1839) |
|
Spot-tail shark |
Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes 1839) |
|
Tawny nurse shark |
Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson 1830) |
|
Thresher shark |
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) |
|
Tiger shark |
Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & LeSueur 1822) |
|
Tope shark |
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus 1758) |
|
Whale shark |
Rhincodon typus (Smith 1828) |
|
Zebra shark |
Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann 1783) |
Source: FAO “Sharks of the world”
