Amazing Shark!!!

Species Research
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