SHARK SPECIES

FROM AROUND THE WORLD

There are about 400 species of sharks in the world.

WHALE SHARK
BASKING SHARK (Rhincodon typus)
(Cetorhinus maximus) 10m • 19,000kg • 130yrs
6 - 8m • 5,200kg • 50yrs

MEGAMOUTH SHARK
(Megachasma pelagios)
5.5m • 1,225kg • lifespan unknown

TIGER SHARK
COMMON (Galeocerdo cuvier)
THRESHER SHARK 4.25m • 635kg • 12yrs
GREAT WHITE SHARK (Alopias sp.)
(Carcharodon carcharias) 5m • 230kg • 50yrs
4.5 – 6.4m* • 520 – 1,100kg • 70yrs
BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK
(Hexanchus griseus)
4m* • 400kg • 80yrs

OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK

(Carcharhinus longimanus)
SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK
4m • 170kg • 12yrs
(Carcharhinus leucas)
BULL SHARK
4m • 60 - 140kg • 30yrs
(Carcharhinus leucas)
3.5m* • 130kg • 16yrs HAMMERHEAD SHARK
(Sphyrna mokarran)
3.5 - 4.6m* • 230kg • 30yrs

BLUE SHARK GOBLIN SHARK

(Prionace glauca) (Mitsukurina owstoni)
3.1m • 110kg • 20yrs ZEBRA SHARK 3.6m • 181kg • 35yrs
(Stegostoma fasciatum)
3.5m • 30kg • 28yrs LEMON SHARK
(Negaprion brevirostris)
3.1m • 90kg • 27yrs

SAND TIGER SHARK

(Carcharias taurus)
BLACKTIP SHARK 3.2m • 159kg • 10yrs NURSE SHARK
(Carcharhinus limbatus) (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
2.55m • 18kg • 12yrs 2.7m* • 60kg • 25yrs
WINGHEAD
SHARK
GREY REEF SHARK (Eusphyra blochii)
(Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) 1.2m* • 453kg • 21yrs
1.9m • 19kg • 25yrs
BIGEYE SIXGILL SHARK
HUMAN – Irish
BONNET HEAD SHARK (Hexanchus nakamurai)
1.78m • 69.9 kg • 81yrs
(Sphyrna tiburo) 1.8m • 20kg • 80yrs
1.5m • 11kg • 12yrs

Shark species belong to a class called the Elasmobranchii. This

include cartilaginous fish that have five to seven gill openings.
LONGNOSE COMMON
Information about the sharks includes the adult shark length, weight SAW SHARK BROWNBANDED BAMBOO SHARK
and life expectancy. *An adult female shark size is often larger than (Pristiophorus cirratus) (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
the male shark. 1.25m • 8.5kg • 15yrs 63cm • 25yrs

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