Scientific name

Average size
Habitat
Food
Mouth or teeth size
Unique characteristics
3 Interesting facts
New discoveries about their behavior, biology, possible uses in medicine (If any)
Are they threatened (by humans, climate change)? Why?
What are we doing to protect these species? What else could we do?

Black-tipped reef shark

● (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
● 5 feet long
● They live near warm shallow waters near coral reefs in Mediterranean and
Pacific Sea with depths of up to 80 meters
● They feed on reef fish but sometimes eat mollusks crustaceans and
cephalopods
● narrow serrated upper teeth
● black tips on its dorsal and caudal fins
● short round snout and angled saw-like teeth
● Its white belly allows it to camouflage with the dim seafloor
● It's dark back allows it to camouflage with the brighter ocean surface
● They are near threatened because of overfishing and habitat destruction

Hammerhead shark
● (Sphyrnidae)
● 20 feet in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds
● Live in tropical warm waters all over the world
● They eat fish, squid, octopus, crustaceans, and stingrays.
● They have nostrils at the tip of their head and large eyes at each side of it
● They have small mouths and there teeth size is 1/4 to 3/4 of an inch
● The mouth is small, contains serrated teeth and is located under the head.
● They have two dorsal fins and the first one is larger than the other
● A scalloped hammerhead shark. Scientists recently confirmed that endangered
scalloped hammerhead sharks have a fishy twin — a newfound species, still
unnamed, that is distinct, yet very closely resembles the threatened sharks.
https://www.livescience.com/19294-hammerhead-shark-twin-discovered.html
● Endangered because of the high economic value of its fins and the consumption
of its meat.
● Do not use shark products, recycle, and reduce your seafood consumption.
Lemon Shark
● (Negaprion brevirostris)
● 11 ft in length
● subtropical shallow water to depths of 300 feet around coral reefs, mangroves,
enclosed bays, sounds and river mouths
● They eat catfish, croakers, jacks, mullet, porcupine fish, cowfish, guitarfish,
stingrays, eagle rays, crabs, and crayfish
● 0.75 inch teeth size
● They have a flat head, broad snout, and stocky muscular bodies.
● They have two dorsal fins that are nearly the same size
● This shark is a bottom dweller
● It is considered near-threatened. Lemon sharks do not represent a large threat to
humans.

● Spiny dogfish shark

● (Squalus acanthias)
● 31–39 inch in length
● found worldwide in temperate and subarctic waters
● They eat fish, squid, and crustaceans
● They have 28 upper teeth and 24 lower teeth
● large eyes and a short snout
● has an anal fin
● two spikes found on the back of the spiny dogfish, one spike in front of each
dorsal fin
● spiny dogfish are considered vulnerable