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For now you can take a look at web resources for various shark species found around the world: Resouces from government sites on selected shark species : Pelagic thresher - Alopias pelagicus (Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks) Bigeye thresher - Alopias superciliosus (Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks) Thresher shark - Alopias vulpinus (Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks) Blind shark - Brachaelurus waddi (Family BRACHAELURIDAE - Blind sharks) Bluegrey carpetshark - Heteroscyllium colcloughi (Family BRACHAELURIDAE - Blind sharks) Blacknose shark - Carcharhinus acronotus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Silvertip shark - Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Bignose shark - Carcharhinus altimus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Graceful shark - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Grey reef shark - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Pigeye or Java shark - Carcharhinus amboinensis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Borneo shark - Carcharhinus borneensis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Copper shark or bronze whaler - Carcharhinus brachyurus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Spinner shark - Carcharhinus brevipinna (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Nervous shark - Carcharhinus cautus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Whitecheek shark - Carcharhinus dussumieri (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Silky shark - Carcharhinus falciformis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Creek whaler - Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Galapagos shark - Carcharhinus galapagenisis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Pondicherry shark - Carcharhinus hemiodon (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Finetooth shark - Carcharhinus isodon (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Bull or Zambezi shark - Carcharhinus leucas (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Blacktip shark - Carcharhinus limbatus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Oceanic whitetip shark - Carcharhinus longimanus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Hardnose shark - Carcharhinus macloti (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Blacktip reef shark - Carcharhinus melanopterus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Dusky shark - Carcharhinus obscurus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Caribbean reef shark - Carcharhinus perezi (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Sandbar shark - Carcharhinus plumbeus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Smalltail shark - Carcharhinus porosus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Blackspot shark - Carcharhinus sealei (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Night shark - Carcharhinus signatus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Spottail shark - Carcharhinus sorrah (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Blacktail reef shark - Carcharhinus wheeleri (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Tiger shark - Galeocerdo cuvier (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Ganges shark - Glyphis gangeticus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Speartooth shark - Glyphis glyphis (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Daggernose shark - Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Broadfin shark - Lamiopsis temmincki (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Sliteye shark - Loxodon macrorhinus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Whitenose shark - Nasolamia velox (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Sharptooth lemon shark - Negraprion acutidens (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Lemon shark - Negraprion brevirostris (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Blue shark - Prionace glauca (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Milk shark - Rhizoprionodon acutus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Brazilian sharpnose shark - Rhizoprionodon lalandei (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Pacific sharpnose shark - Rhizoprionodon longurio (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Grey sharpnose shark - Rhizoprionodon oligolinx (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Carribean sharpnose shark - Rhizopriondon porosus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Australian sharpnose shark - Rhizopriondon taylori (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Atlantic sharpnose shark - Rhizopriondon terraenovae (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Spadenose shark - Scoliodon laticaudus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Whitetip reef shark - Triaenodon obesus (Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks) Basking shark - Cetorhinus maximus (Family CETORHINIDAE - Basking Sharks) Frilled shark - Chlamydoselachus anguineus (Family CHLAMYDOSELA - Frilled Sharks) Bramble shark - Echinorhinus brucus (Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks) Prickly shark - Echinorhinus cookei (Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks) Shorttail nurse shark - Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks) Nurse shark - Ginglymostoma cirratum (Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks) Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark - Nebrius ferrugineus (Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks) Hooktooth shark - Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Sicklefin weasel shark - Hemigaleus microstoma (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Snaggletooth shark - Hemipristis elongatus (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Whitetip weasel shark - Paragaleus leucolomatus (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Atlantic weasel shark - Paragaleus pectoralis (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Straighttooth weasel shark - Paragaleus tengi (Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks) Arabian carpetshark - Chiloscyllium arabicum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Burmese bambooshark - Chiloscyllium burmensis (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Bluespotted bambooshark - Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Grey bambooshark - Chiloscyllium griseum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Indonesian bambooshark - Chiloscyllium hasselti (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Slender bambooshark - Chiloscyllium indicum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Whitespotted bambooshark - Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Brownbanded bambooshark - Chiloscyllium punctatum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Indonesian speckled carpetshark - Hemiscyllium freycineti (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Papuan epaulette shark - Hemiscyllium hallstromi (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Epaulette shark - Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Hooded carpetshark - Hemiscyllium strahani (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Speckled carpetshark - Hemiscyllium trispeculare (Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark) Horn shark - Heterodontus francisci (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Crested bullhead shark - Heterodontus galeatus (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Japanese bullhead shark - Heterodontus japonicus (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Mexican hornshark - Heterodontus mexicanus (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Port Jackson shark - Heterodontus portusjacksonj (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Galapagos bullhead shark - Heterodontus quoyi (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Whitespotted bullhead shark - Heterodontus ramalheira (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Zebra bullhead shark - Heterodontus zebra (Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks) Sharpnose sevengill shark - Heptranchias perlo (Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks) Bluntnose sixgill shark - Hexanchus griseus (Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks) Bigeye sixgill shark - Hexanchus vitulus (Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks) Broadnose or spotted sevengill shark - Notorynchus cepedianus (Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks) Great white shark - Carcharodon carcharias (Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks) Shortfin mako - Isurus oxyrinchus (Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks) Longfin mako - Isurus paucus (Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks) Salmon shark - Lamna ditropis (Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks) Probeagle shark - Lamna nasus (Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks) Barbeled houndshark - Leptocharias smithii (Family LEPTOCHARIIDAE - Barbeled Houndshark) Megamouth Shark - Megachasma pelagios (Family MEGACHASMIDAE - Megamouth Sharks) Goblin shark - Mitsukurina owstoni (Family MITSUKURINIDAE - Goblin Sharks) Sand tiger, spotted raggedtooth, or grey nurse shark - Carcharias taurus (Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks) Indian sand tiger - Eugomphodus tricuspidatus (Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks) Smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail raggedtooth - Odontaspis ferox (Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks) Bigeye sand tiger - Odontaspis noronhai (Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks) Tasselled wobbegong - Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Japanese wobbegong - Orectolobus japonicus (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Spotted wobbegong - Orectolobus maculatus (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Ornate wobbegong - Orectolobus ornatus (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Northern wobbegong - Orectolobus wardi (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Cobbler wobbegong - Sutorectus tentaculatus (Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs) Prickly dogfish - Oxynotus bruniensis (Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks) Carribean roughshark - Oxynotus carribaeus (Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks) Angular roughshark - Oxynotus centrina (Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks) Japanese roughshark - Oxynotus japonicus (Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks) Sailfin roughshark - Oxynotus paradoxus (Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks) Barbelthroat carpetshark - Cirrhoscyllium expolitum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Taiwan saddled carpetshark - Cirrhoscyllium formosanum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Saddled carpetshark - Cirrhoscyllium japonicum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Rusty carpetshark - Parascyllium ferrugineum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Tasmanian carpetshark - Parascyllium multimaculatum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Necklace carpetshark or Varied carpetshark - Parascyllium variolatum (Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks) Sixgill sawshark - Pliotrema warreni (Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks) Longnose sawshark - Pristiophorus cirratus (Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks) Japanese sawshark - Pristiophorus japonicus (Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks) Shortnose sawshark - Pristiophorus nudipinnis (Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks) Bahamas sawshark - Pristiophorus schroederi (Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks) Harlequin catshark - Ctenacis fehlmanni (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) Cuban ribbontail catshark - Eridacnis barbouri (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) Pygmy ribbontail catshark - Eridacnis radcliffei (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) African ribbontail catshark - Eridacnis sinuans (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) Slender smoothhound - Gollum attentuatus (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) Graceful catshark - Proscyllium habereri (Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks) Crocodile shark - Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Family PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE - Crocodile Sharks) False catshark - Pseudotriakis microdon (Family PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE - False Catsharks) Whale shark - Rhincodon typus (Family RHINCODONTIDAE - Whale Sharks) Atlantic ghost catshark - Apristurus atlanticus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Brown catshark - Apristurus brunneus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Hoary catshark - Apristurus canutus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Federov's catshark - Apristurus federovi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Longfin catshark - Apristurus herklotsi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Smallbelly catshark - Apristurus indicus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Broadnose catshark - Apristurus investigatoris (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Japanese catshark - Apristurus japonicus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Longnose catshark - Apristurus kampae (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Iceland catshark - Apristurus laurussoni (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Longhead catshark - Apristurus longicephalus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Flathead catshark - Apristurus macrorhynchus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Madeira catshark - Apristurus maderensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Ghost catshark - Apristurus manis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Smalleye catshark - Apristurus microps (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Largenose catshark - Apristurus nasutus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Smallfin catshark - Apristurus parvipinnis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Fat catshark - Apristurus pinguis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Spatulasnout catshark - Apristurus platyrhynchus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Deepwater catshark - Apristurus profundorum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Broadgill catshark - Apristurus riveri (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Saldanha catshark - Apristurus saldanha (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Pale catshark - Apristurus sibogae (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) South China catshark - Apristurus sinensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Spongehead catshark - Apristurus spongiceps (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Panama ghost catshark - Apristurus stenseni (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Borneo catshark - Apristurus verweyi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Australian spotted catshark - Asymbolus analis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Gulf catshark - Asymbolus vincenti (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Australian marbled catshark - Atelomycterus macleayi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Coral catshark - Atelomycterus marmoratus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blackspotted catshark - Aulohalaelurus labiosus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Reticulated swellshark - Cephaloscyllium fasciatum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Draughtsboard shark - Cephaloscyllium isabellum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Australian swellshark - Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Whitefinned swellshark - Cephaloscyllium nascione (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Indian swellshark - Cephaloscyllium silasi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Balloon shark - Cephaloscyllium sufflans (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Swellshark - Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Lollipop catshark - Cephalurus cephalus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Roughtail catshark - Galeus arae (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Australian sawtail catshark - Galeus boardmani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Gecko catshark - Galeus eastmani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blackmouth catshark - Galeus melastomus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Mouse catshark - Galeus murinus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Broadfin sawtail catshark - Galeus nipponensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Peppered catshark - Galeus piperatus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) African sawtail catshark - Galeus polli (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blacktip sawtail catshark - Galeus sauteri (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Dwarf sawtail catshark - Galeus schultzi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Arabian catshark - Halaelurus alcocki (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Speckled catshark - Halaelurus boesemani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blackspotted catshark - Halaelurus buergeri (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Dusky catshark - Halaelurus canescens (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) New Zealand catshark - Halaelurus dawsoni (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Bristly catshark - Halaelurus hispidus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Spotless catshark - Halaelurus immaculatus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Lined catshark - Halaelurus lineatus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Mud catshark - Halaelurus lutarius (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Tiger catshark - Halaelurus natalensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Quagga catshark - Halaelurus quagga (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Puffadder shyshark - Haploblepharus edwardsii (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Brown shyshark - Haploblepharus fuscus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Dark shyshark - Haploblepharus pictus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) African spotted catshark - Holohalaelurus punctatus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Izak catshark - Holohalaelurus regani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Campeche catshark - Parmaturus campechiensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) New Zealand filetail - Parmaturus macmillani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blackgill catshark - Parmaturus melanobranchius (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Salamander shark - Parmaturus pilosus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Filetail catshark - Parmaturus xaniurus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Onefin catshark - Pentanchus profundicolus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Striped catshark or pyjama shark - Poroderma africanum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Barbeled catshark - Poroderma marleyi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Leopard catshark - Poroderma patherinum (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Narrowmouth catshark - Schroederichthys bivius (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Redspotted catshark - Schroederichthys chilensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Narrowtail catshark - Schroederichthys maculatus (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Slender catshark - Schroederichthys tenuis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Polkadot catshark - Scyliorhinus besnardi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Boa catshark - Scyliorhinus boa (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Smallspotted catshark - Scyliorhinus canicula (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Yellowspotted catshark - Scyliorhinus capensis (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) West African catshark - Scyliorhinus cervigoni (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Brownspotted catshark - Scyliorhinus garmani (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Freckled catshark - Scyliorhinus haeckelii (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Whitesaddled catshark - Scyliorhinus hesperius (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Blotched catshark - Scyliorhinus meadi (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Chain catshark - Scyliorhinus retifer (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Nursehound - Scyliorhinus stellaris (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Cloudy catshark - Scyliorhinus torazame (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Dwarf catshark - Scyliorhinus torrei (Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks) Winghead shark - Eusphyra blochii (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Mallethead shark - Sphyrna corona (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Whitefin hammerhead - Sphyrna couardi (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Scalloped hammerhead - Sphyrna lewini (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Scoophead shark - Sphyrna media (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Great hammerhead - Sphyrna mokarran (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Bonnethead shark - Sphyrna tiburo (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Smalleye hammerhead - Sphyrna tudes (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Smooth hammerhead - Sphyrna zygaena (Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks) Hooktooth dogfish - Aculeola nigra (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Needle dogfish - Centrophorus acus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Gulper shark - Centrophorus granulosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Dumb gulper shark - Centrophorus harrissoni (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Lowfin gulper shark - Centrophorus lusitanicus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Smallfin gulper shark - Centrophorus moluccensis (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Taiwan gulper shark - Centrophorus niaukang (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Leafscale gulper shark - Centrophorus squamosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Mosaic gulper shark - Centrophorus tesselatus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Little gulper shark - Centrophorus uyato (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Black dogfish - Centroscyllium fabricii (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Granular dogfish - Centroscyllium granulatum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Bareskin dogfish - Centroscyllium kamoharai (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Combtooth dogfish - Centroscyllium nigrum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Ornate dogfish - Centroscyllium ornatum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Whitefin dogfish - Centroscyllium ritteri (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Portuguese dogfish - Centroscymnus coelolepis (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Longnose velvet dogfish - Centroscymnus crepidater (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Shortnose velvet dogfish - Centroscymnus cryptacanthus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Largespine velvet dogfish - Centroscymnus macracanthus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Roughskin dogfish - Centroscymnus owstoni (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Plunket shark - Centroscymnus plunketi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Mandarin dogfish - Cirrhigaleus barbifer (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Kitefin shark - Dalatias licha (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Birdbeak dogfish - Deania calcea (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Rough longnose dogfish - Deania hystricosum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Arrowhead dogfish - Deania profundorum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Longsnout dogfish - Deania quadrispinosum (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) New Zealand lanternshark - Etmopterus baxteri (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Shorttail lanternshark - Etmopterus brachyurus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Lined lanternshark - Etmopterus bullisi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Cylindrical lanternshark - Etmopterus carteri (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Combtooth lanternshark - Etmopterus decacuspidatus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Broadband lanternshark - Etmopterus gracilispinis (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Southern lanternshark - Etmopterus granulosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Carribean lanternshark - Etmopterus hillianus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Blackbelly lanternshark - Etmopterus lucifer (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Dwarf lanternshark - Etmopterus perryi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) African lanternshark - Etmopterus polli (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Great lanternshark - Etmopterus princeps (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Smooth lanternshark - Etmopterus pusillus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Fringefin lanternshark - Etmopterus schultzi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Thorny lanternshark - Etmopterus sentosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Velvet belly - Etmopterus spinax (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Brown lanternshark - Etmopterus unicolor (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Hawaiian lanternshark - Etmopterus villosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Green lanternshark - Etmopterus virens (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Taillight shark - Euprotomicroides zantedeschia (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Pygmy shark - Europtomicrus bispinatus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Longnose pygmy shark - Heteroscymnoides marleyi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Cookiecutter or cigar shark - Isistius brasiliensis (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Largetooth cookiecutter shark - Isistius plutodus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Softskin dogfish - Mollisquama parini (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Sherwood dogfish - Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Japanese velvet dogfish - Scymnodon ichiharai (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Knifetooth dogfish - Scymnodon ringens (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Greenland sleeper shark - Scymnodon squamulosus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Pacific sleeper shark - Somniosus pacificus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Little sleeper shark - Somniosus rostratus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Spined pygmy shark - Squaliolus laticaudus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Piked dogfish - Squalus acanthias (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Roughskin spurdog - Squalus asper (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Longnose spurdog - Squalus blainvillei (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Cuban dogfish - Squalus cubensis (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Japanese spurdog - Squalus japonicus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Shortnose spurdog - Squalus magalops (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Blacktail spurdog - Squalus melanurus (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Shortspine spurdog - Squalus mitsukurii (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Cyrano spurdog - Squalus rancureli (Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks) Sawback angelshark - Squatina aculeata (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) African angelshark - Squatina africana (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Argentine angelshark - Squatina argentina (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Australian angelshark - Squatina australis (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Pacific angelshark - Squatina californica (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Sand devil - Squatina dumeril (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Taiwan angelshark - Squatina formosa (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Japanese angelshark - Squatina japonica (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Clouded angelshark - Squatina nebulosa (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Smoothback angelshark - Squatina oculata (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Angelshark - Squatina squatina (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Ornate angelshark - Squatina tergocellata (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Ocellated angelshark - Squatina tergocellatoides (Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks) Zebra shark - Stegostoma fasciatum (Family STEGOSTOMATIDAE - Zebra Sharks) Whiskery shark - Furgaleus macki (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Tope shark - Galeorhinus galeus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Sailback houndshark - Gogolia filewoodi (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Japanese topeshark - Hemitriakis japanica (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Whitefin topeshark - Hemitriakis leucoperiptera (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Blacktip topeshark - Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Longnose houndshark - Iago garricki (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Bigeye houndshark - Iago omanensis (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Gummy shark - Mustelus antarcticus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Starry smoothhound - Mustelus asterias (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Grey smoothhound - Mustelus californicus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Dusky smoothhound - Mustelus canis (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Sharpnose smoothhound - Mustelus dorsalis (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Striped smoothhound - Mustelus fasciatus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Spotless smoothhound - Mustelus griseus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Brown smoothhound - Mustelus henlei (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Smalleye smoothhound - Mustelus higmani (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Spotted estuary smoothhound or rig - Mustelus lenticulatus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Sicklefin smoothhound - Mustelus lunulatus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Starspotted smoothhound - Mustelus manazo (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Speckled smoothhound - Mustelus mento (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Arabian, hardnose, or Moses smoothhound - Mustelus mosis (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Smoothhound - Mustelus mustelus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Narrowfin or Florida smoothhound - Mustelus norrisi (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Whitespot smoothhound - Mustelus palumbes (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Blackspot smoothhound - Mustelus punctulatus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Narrownose smoothhound - Mustelus schmitti (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Humpback smoothhound - Mustelus whitneyi (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Flapnose houndshark - Scylliogaleus quecketti (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Sharpfin houndshark - Triakis acutipinna (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Spotted houndshark - Triakis maculata (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Sharptooth houndshark or spotted gully shark - Triakis megalopterus (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Banded houndshark - Triakis scyllium (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) Leopard shark - Triakis semifasciata (Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks) WildMadagascar.org needs your help! 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