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Genus Echinorhinus T. N. Gill, 1862. Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (bramble shark) Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928 (prickly shark) Family Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) Genus Aculeola F. de Buen, 1959. Aculeola nigra F. de Buen, 1959 (hook-tooth dogfish) Genus Centroscyllium J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841.
The Pacific angelshark ( Squatina californica) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to the Gulf of California, and from Ecuador to Chile, although those in the Gulf of California and southeastern Pacific may in fact be separate species. The Pacific angelshark inhabits shallow, coastal ...
Greenland shark at Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, with an Ommatokoita. Males are typically smaller than females. It rivals the Pacific sleeper shark (possibly up to 7 m or 23 ft long) as the largest species in the family Somniosidae. The Greenland shark is a thickset species, with a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and very small dorsal and ...
Possibly extant (resident) The great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
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Sawfish. Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish, with some species reaching lengths of about 7–7.6 m (23–25 ft). [2]
The giant pangasius, paroon shark, pangasid-catfish [1] or Chao Phraya giant catfish ( Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a species of freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Indochina. Its populations have declined drastically, mainly due to overfishing, and it is ...
Shark. † Synechodontiformes. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea ( rays and kin).