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types of sharks types of sharks There are about 400 species of sharks, we mention in this article some of these species, which are here in https://www.pets-home.net/   whale shark The whale shark is the largest species of shark, and the largest species of fish in the world as well, with a weight of approximately 34,090 kilograms, and a length of 19.81 meters, and despite its large size, it feeds…

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Bamboo Sharks

Whitespotted Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllium plagiosum

The Whitespotted Bamboo Shark is a small shark with a brown body with dark-brown bands and both white and dark spots. It’s anal fin is set very far back on a long, thick tail. They can reach about 3 feet in length. This shark is found in inshore waters on the bottom or tropical reefs in the Indo-west Pacific from Madagascar to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan. These sharks are nocturnal, preying at night on bony fish and crustaceans.

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark - Chiloscyllium punctatum

When young, these sharks are medium brown with dark brown bands. As they age, they fade to a more solid medium brown. They’re an elongated, slender carpet shark with a long tail like the whitespotted shark. They live between the shore and the reef on muddy sea floors in the inshore waters of India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Australia. Also nocturnal, they prey at night on crabs, worms, and other small prey.

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Thresher Sharks

Pelagic Thresher - Alopias pelagicus

Like all threshers, this subspecies is a Lamniformes. The Pelagic Thresher is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They’re commonly in deeper waters but occasionally enter coastal habitats. It is distinguished from the common thresher by its dark (not white) color over the bases of its pectoral fins. It’s the smallest of the three species and typically measures up to 10 feet long. Its prey usually consists of small midwater fish.

Bigeye Thresher - Alopias superciliosus

The Bigeye Thresher is found within temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. They are distinguished by their large eyes, adapted for hunting in low light conditions. Therefore, they usually stay in deeper darker waters during the day and go up to the surface at night. This shark can also be distinguished by a pair of deep grooves at the top of its head. Females can grow to up to 12 feet long. This species commonly feeds on fish, such as schooling forage fish, and squid.

Common Thresher - Alopias vulpinus

The Common Thresher is also known as the Atlantic Thresher. It is distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate oceans. This shark has a streamlined body, short pointed snout, and modestly sized eyes. It can be distinguished by the white on its belly extending in a band over the bases of its pectoral fins. This is the largest species of Thresher sharks, sometimes reaching up to 20 ft long. This sharks feeds mainly on small schooling forage fish such as herrings and anchovies.

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Horn shark - Heterodontus francisci

The Horn Shark is a Heterodontiformes shark, also known as bull sharks. This shark is small and short with a blunt head, ridges over their eyes, and two high dorsal fins with large spines. Their coloration is grey or brown with many small dark spots. These sharks typically reach 3 feet in length. They’re found on the Western coast of North America near California in shallow rocky reefs or algal beds. In the winter, they migrate to deeper waters. They commonly feed on hard-shelled mollusks and crustaceans, but occasionally feed on invertebrates and small fish.

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Angel shark - Squatina squatina

These sharks are the only Squatiniformes, however, there are many different subspecies of them. This shark has a multitude of colors, from grey to reddish or greenish-brown with scattered white and black spots and dots on the back. The front section of their body is flattened and it has wide pectoral fins that resemble those of rays. These sharks also have nasal barbels. They can reach a maximum length of approximately 7 feet. Angel sharks prefer mud and sand bottoms on coasts or continental shelves. They are found in the Northeast Atlantic, from Norway to the Canary Islands, Mediterranean and Black seas. However, they have disappeared from some of those areas. During the day, they commonly spend their time buried in the sand or mud with only eyes protruding out. They swim along the bottom at night. Angel sharks feed on flatfish, skates, crustaceans, and mollusks.


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Smoothhound Shark - Mustelus mustelus

Smoothhounds belong to carcharhiniformes, or “ground sharks.” They are a slender shark with a short head and snout, large close-set eyes, “and an upper labial that furrows slightly longer than their lowers. The shark has unfringed dorsal fins, and a semifalcate ventral caudal lobe.” This shark is usually grey-brown and occasionally has darker spots on it. They can reach up to about 5 and a half feet. Smoothhounds are found in the temperate east Atlantic from the UK to the Mediterranean, Morocco, and Canaries. They’re also found in Angola to South Africa in the Indian Ocean. This shark resides on continental shelves and upper slopes and usually swim near the sea floor. They prey primarily on crustaceans, but also cephalopods and bony fish.

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Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Carcharhinus longimanus

The Oceanic Whitetip Shark is a carcharhiniformes shark with rounded white-tipped fins and long paddle-shaped pectoral fins. They have a grey-bonze coloration on top and white below. They can reach about 8 feet in length. These sharks are usually found offshore in open sea, but occasionally near coastal areas. They’re found in warmer waters in tropical and warm temperate seas. They commonly prey on bony fish such as tuna, marlin, jacks, barracuda and dolphinfish, but also on cephalopods, sea birds, turtles, or marine mammals.

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Brown Shyshark - Haploblepharus fuscus

The Brown Shyshark is a small, stocky carcharhiniformes shark with a broad head and large nostrils. It is brown on top with occasional slightly darker “spots,” and a white underbelly. Their maximum length is approximately 2 feet long. This shark is found in the Western Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean in shallow sandy or rocky bottoms. They prey on lobsters and bony fish. 

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