General Biology 107 - San Diego City College (Spring 1999)
Shark Taxonomy
Order HEXANCHIFORMES - Sixgill, Sevengill and Frilled Sharks
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•Family CHLAMYDOSELA - Frilled Sharks
One Species
•Chlamydoselachus anguineus -- Frilled shark
•Family HEXANCHIDAE - Sixgill and Sevengill Sharks
Four Species
•Heptranchias perlo -- Sharpnose sevengill shark
•Hexanchus griseus -- Bluntnose sixgill shark
•Hexanchus vitulus -- Bigeye sixgill shark
•Notorynchus cepedianus -- Broadnose or spotted sevengill
shark
Order SQUALIFORMES - Dogfish Sharks
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•Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks
Two Species
•Echinorhinus brucus -- Bramble shark
•Echinorhinus cookei -- Prickly shark
•Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks
70 Species
•Aculeola nigra -- Hooktooth dogfish
•Centrophorus acus -- Needle dogfish
•Centrophorus granulosus -- Gulper shark
•Centrophorus harrissoni -- Dumb gulper shark
•Centrophorus lusitanicus -- Lowfin gulper shark
•Centrophorus moluccensis -- Smallfin gulper shark
•Centrophorus niaukang -- Taiwan gulper shark
•Centrophorus squamosus -- Leafscale gulper shark
•Centrophorus tesselatus -- Mosaic gulper shark
•Centrophorus uyato -- Little gulper shark
•Centroscyllium fabricii -- Black dogfish
•Centroscyllium granulatum -- Granular dogfish
•Centroscyllium kamoharai -- Bareskin dogfish
•Centroscyllium nigrum -- Combtooth dogfish
•Centroscyllium ornatum -- Ornate dogfish
•Centroscyllium ritteri -- Whitefin dogfish
•Centroscymnus coelolepis -- Portuguese dogfish
•Centroscymnus crepidater -- Longnose velvet dogfish
•Centroscymnus cryptacanthus -- Shortnose velvet dogfish
•Centroscymnus macracanthus -- Largespine velvet dogfish
•Centroscymnus owstoni -- Roughskin dogfish
•Centroscymnus plunketi -- Plunket shark
•Cirrhigaleus barbifer -- Mandarin dogfish
•Dalatias licha -- Kitefin shark
•Deania calcea -- Birdbeak dogfish
•Deania hystricosum -- Rough longnose dogfish
•Deania profundorum -- Arrowhead dogfish
•Deania quadrispinosum -- Longsnout dogfish
•Etmopterus baxteri -- New Zealand lanternshark
•Etmopterus brachyurus -- Shorttail lanternshark
•Etmopterus bullisi -- Lined lanternshark
•Etmopterus carteri -- Cylindrical lanternshark
•Etmopterus decacuspidatus -- Combtooth lanternshark
•Etmopterus gracilispinis -- Broadband lanternshark
•Etmopterus granulosus -- Southern lanternshark
•Etmopterus hillianus -- Carribean lanternshark
•Etmopterus lucifer -- Blackbelly lanternshark
•Etmopterus perryi -- Dwarf lanternshark
•Etmopterus polli -- African lanternshark
•Etmopterus princeps -- Great lanternshark
•Etmopterus pusillus -- Smooth lanternshark
•Etmopterus schultzi -- Fringefin lanternshark
•Etmopterus sentosus -- Thorny lanternshark
•Etmopterus spinax -- Velvet belly
•Etmopterus unicolor -- Brown lanternshark
•Etmopterus villosus -- Hawaiian lanternshark
•Etmopterus virens -- Green lanternshark
•Euprotomicroides zantedeschia -- Taillight shark
•Europtomicrus bispinatus -- Pygmy shark
•Heteroscymnoides marleyi -- Longnose pygmy shark
•Isistius brasiliensis -- Cookiecutter or cigar shark
•Isistius plutodus -- Largetooth cookiecutter shark
•Mollisquama parini -- Softskin dogfish
•Scymnodalatias sherwoodi -- Sherwood dogfish
•Scymnodon ichiharai -- Japanese velvet dogfish
•Scymnodon ringens -- Knifetooth dogfish
•Scymnodon squamulosus -- Greenland sleeper shark
•Somniosus pacificus -- Pacific sleeper shark
•Somniosus rostratus -- Little sleeper shark
•Squaliolus laticaudus -- Spined pygmy shark
•Squalus acanthias -- Piked dogfish
•Squalus asper -- Roughskin spurdog
•Squalus blainvillei -- Longnose spurdog
•Squalus cubensis -- Cuban dogfish
•Squalus japonicus -- Japanese spurdog
•Squalus magalops -- Shortnose spurdog
•Squalus melanurus -- Blacktail spurdog
•Squalus mitsukurii -- Shortspine spurdog
•Squalus rancureli -- Cyrano spurdog
•Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks
Five Species
•Oxynotus bruniensis -- Prickly dogfish
•Oxynotus carribaeus -- Carribean roughshark
•Oxynotus centrina -- Angular roughshark
•Oxynotus japonicus -- Japanese roughshark
•Oxynotus paradoxus -- Sailfin roughshark
Order PRISTIOPHORIFORMES - Sawsharks
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•Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks
Five Species
•Pliotrema warreni -- Sixgill sawshark
•Pristiophorus cirratus -- Longnose sawshark
•Pristiophorus japonicus -- Japanese sawshark
•Pristiophorus nudipinnis -- Shortnose sawshark
•Pristiophorus schroederi -- Bahamas sawshark
Order SQUATINIFORMES - Angelsharks
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•Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks
13 Species
•Squatina aculeata -- Sawback angelshark
•Squatina africana -- African angelshark
•Squatina argentina -- Argentine angelshark
•Squatina australis -- Australian angelshark
•Squatina californica -- Pacific angelshark
•Squatina dumeril -- Sand devil
•Squatina formosa -- Taiwan angelshark
•Squatina japonica -- Japanese angelshark
•Squatina nebulosa -- Clouded angelshark
•Squatina oculata -- Smoothback angelshark
•Squatina squatina -- Angelshark
•Squatina tergocellata -- Ornate angelshark
•Squatina tergocellatoides -- Ocellated angelshark
Order HETERODONTIFORMES - Bullhead Sharks
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•Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks
Eight Species
•Heterodontus francisci -- Horn shark
•Heterodontus galeatus -- Crested bullhead shark
•Heterodontus japonicus -- Japanese bullhead shark
•Heterodontus mexicanus -- Mexican hornshark
•Heterodontus portusjacksonj -- Port Jackson shark
•Heterodontus quoyi -- Galapagos bullhead shark
•Heterodontus ramalheira -- Whitespotted bullhead shark
•Heterodontus zebra -- Zebra bullhead shark
Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES - Carpetsharks
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•Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks
Six Species
•Cirrhoscyllium expolitum -- Barbelthroat carpetshark
•Cirrhoscyllium formosanum -- Taiwan saddled carpetshark
•Cirrhoscyllium japonicum -- Saddled carpetshark
•Parascyllium ferrugineum -- Rusty carpetshark
•Parascyllium multimaculatum -- Tasmanian carpetshark
•Parascyllium variolatum -- Necklace carpetshark or Varied
carpetshark
•Family BRACHAELURIDAE - Blind sharks
Two Species
•Brachaelurus waddi -- Blind shark
•Heteroscyllium colcloughi -- Bluegrey carpetshark
•Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs
Six species
•Eucrossorhinus dasypogon -- Tasselled wobbegong
•Orectolobus japonicus -- Japanese wobbegong
•Orectolobus maculatus -- Spotted wobbegong
•Orectolobus ornatus -- Ornate wobbegong
•Orectolobus wardi -- Northern wobbegong
•Sutorectus tentaculatus -- Cobbler wobbegong
•Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark
12 species
•Chiloscyllium arabicum -- Arabian carpetshark
•Chiloscyllium burmensis -- Burmese bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum -- Bluespotted bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium griseum -- Grey bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium hasselti -- Indonesian bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium indicum -- Slender bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium plagiosum -- Whitespotted bambooshark
•Chiloscyllium punctatum -- Brownbanded bambooshark
•Hemiscyllium freycineti -- Indonesian speckled carpetshark
•Hemiscyllium hallstromi -- Papuan epaulette shark
•Hemiscyllium ocellatum -- Epaulette shark
•Hemiscyllium strahani -- Hooded carpetshark
•Hemiscyllium trispeculare -- Speckled carpetshark
•Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks
Three species
•Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum -- Shorttail nurse shark
•Ginglymostoma cirratum -- Nurse shark
•Nebrius ferrugineus -- Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy
shark
•Family STEGOSTOMATIDAE - Zebra Sharks
One species
•Stegostoma fasciatum -- Zebra shark
•Family RHINCODONTIDAE - Whale Sharks
One Species
•Rhincodon typus -- Whale shark
Order LAMNIFORMES - Mackerel Sharks
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•Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks
Four Species
•Carcharias taurus -- Sand tiger, spotted raggedtooth, or
grey nurse shark
•Eugomphodus tricuspidatus -- Indian sand tiger
•Odontaspis ferox -- Smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail raggedtooth
•Odontaspis noronhai -- Bigeye sand tiger
•Family PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE - Crocodile Sharks
One Species
•Pseudocarcharias kamoharai -- Crocodile shark
•Family MITSUKURINIDAE - Goblin Sharks
One Species
•Mitsukurina owstoni -- Goblin shark
•Family MEGACHASMIDAE - Megamouth Sharks
One Species
•Megachasma pelagios -- Megamouth Shark
Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks
Three Species
•Alopias pelagicus -- Pelagic thresher
•Alopias superciliosus -- Bigeye thresher
•Alopias vulpinus -- Thresher shark
•Family CETORHINIDAE - Basking Sharks
One Species
•Cetorhinus maximus -- Basking shark
•Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks
Five Species
•Carcharodon carcharias -- Great white shark
•Isurus oxyrinchus -- Shortfin mako
•Isurus paucus -- Longfin mako
•Lamna ditropis -- Salmon shark
•Lamna nasus -- Probeagle shark
Order CARCHARHINIFORMES - Ground Sharks
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•Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks
92 Species
•Apristurus atlanticus -- Atlantic ghost catshark
•Apristurus brunneus -- Brown catshark
•Apristurus canutus -- Hoary catshark
•Apristurus federovi -- Federov's catshark
•Apristurus herklotsi -- Longfin catshark
•Apristurus indicus -- Smallbelly catshark
•Apristurus investigatoris -- Broadnose catshark
•Apristurus japonicus -- Japanese catshark
•Apristurus kampae -- Longnose catshark
•Apristurus laurussoni -- Iceland catshark
•Apristurus longicephalus -- Longhead catshark
•Apristurus macrorhynchus -- Flathead catshark
•Apristurus maderensis -- Madeira catshark
•Apristurus manis -- Ghost catshark
•Apristurus microps -- Smalleye catshark
•Apristurus nasutus -- Largenose catshark
•Apristurus parvipinnis -- Smallfin catshark
•Apristurus pinguis -- Fat catshark
•Apristurus platyrhynchus -- Spatulasnout catshark
•Apristurus profundorum -- Deepwater catshark
•Apristurus riveri -- Broadgill catshark
•Apristurus saldanha -- Saldanha catshark
•Apristurus sibogae -- Pale catshark
•Apristurus sinensis -- South China catshark
•Apristurus spongiceps -- Spongehead catshark
•Apristurus stenseni -- Panama ghost catshark
•Apristurus verweyi -- Borneo catshark
•Asymbolus analis -- Australian spotted catshark
•Asymbolus vincenti -- Gulf catshark
•Atelomycterus macleayi -- Australian marbled catshark
•Atelomycterus marmoratus -- Coral catshark
•Aulohalaelurus labiosus -- Blackspotted catshark
•Cephaloscyllium fasciatum -- Reticulated swellshark
•Cephaloscyllium isabellum -- Draughtsboard shark
•Cephaloscyllium laticeps -- Australian swellshark
•Cephaloscyllium nascione -- Whitefinned swellshark
•Cephaloscyllium silasi -- Indian swellshark
•Cephaloscyllium sufflans -- Balloon shark
•Cephaloscyllium ventriosum -- Swellshark
•Cephalurus cephalus -- Lollipop catshark
•Galeus arae -- Roughtail catshark
•Galeus boardmani -- Australian sawtail catshark
•Galeus eastmani -- Gecko catshark
•Galeus melastomus -- Blackmouth catshark
•Galeus murinus -- Mouse catshark
•Galeus nipponensis -- Broadfin sawtail catshark
•Galeus piperatus -- Peppered catshark
•Galeus polli -- African sawtail catshark
•Galeus sauteri -- Blacktip sawtail catshark
•Galeus schultzi -- Dwarf sawtail catshark
•Halaelurus alcocki -- Arabian catshark
•Halaelurus boesemani -- Speckled catshark
•Halaelurus buergeri -- Blackspotted catshark
•Halaelurus canescens -- Dusky catshark
•Halaelurus dawsoni -- New Zealand catshark
•Halaelurus hispidus -- Bristly catshark
•Halaelurus immaculatus -- Spotless catshark
•Halaelurus lineatus -- Lined catshark
•Halaelurus lutarius -- Mud catshark
•Halaelurus natalensis -- Tiger catshark
•Halaelurus quagga -- Quagga catshark
•Haploblepharus edwardsii -- Puffadder shyshark
•Haploblepharus fuscus -- Brown shyshark
•Haploblepharus pictus -- Dark shyshark
•Holohalaelurus punctatus -- African spotted catshark
•Holohalaelurus regani -- Izak catshark
•Parmaturus campechiensis -- Campeche catshark
•Parmaturus macmillani -- New Zealand filetail
•Parmaturus melanobranchius -- Blackgill catshark
•Parmaturus pilosus -- Salamander shark
•Parmaturus xaniurus -- Filetail catshark
•Pentanchus profundicolus -- Onefin catshark
•Poroderma africanum -- Striped catshark or pyjama shark
•Poroderma marleyi -- Barbeled catshark
•Poroderma patherinum -- Leopard catshark
•Schroederichthys bivius -- Narrowmouth catshark
•Schroederichthys chilensis -- Redspotted catshark
•Schroederichthys maculatus -- Narrowtail catshark
•Schroederichthys tenuis -- Slender catshark
•Scyliorhinus besnardi -- Polkadot catshark
•Scyliorhinus boa -- Boa catshark
•Scyliorhinus canicula -- Smallspotted catshark
•Scyliorhinus capensis -- Yellowspotted catshark
•Scyliorhinus cervigoni -- West African catshark
•Scyliorhinus garmani -- Brownspotted catshark
•Scyliorhinus haeckelii -- Freckled catshark
•Scyliorhinus hesperius -- Whitesaddled catshark
•Scyliorhinus meadi -- Blotched catshark
•Scyliorhinus retifer -- Chain catshark
•Scyliorhinus stellaris -- Nursehound
•Scyliorhinus torazame -- Cloudy catshark
•Scyliorhinus torrei -- Dwarf catshark
•Family PROSCYLLIIDAE - Finback Catsharks
Six Species
•Ctenacis fehlmanni -- Harlequin catshark
•Eridacnis barbouri -- Cuban ribbontail catshark
•Eridacnis radcliffei -- Pygmy ribbontail catshark
•Eridacnis sinuans -- African ribbontail catshark
•Gollum attentuatus -- Slender smoothhound
•Proscyllium habereri -- Graceful catshark
•Family PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE - False Catsharks
One Species
•Pseudotriakis microdon -- False catshark
•Family LEPTOCHARIIDAE - Barbeled Houndshark
One species
•Leptocharias smithii -- Barbeled houndshark
•Family TRIAKIDAE - Houndsharks
34 species
•Furgaleus macki -- Whiskery shark
•Galeorhinus galeus -- Tope shark
•Gogolia filewoodi -- Sailback houndshark
•Hemitriakis japanica -- Japanese topeshark
•Hemitriakis leucoperiptera -- Whitefin topeshark
•Hypogaleus hyugaensis -- Blacktip topeshark
•Iago garricki -- Longnose houndshark
•Iago omanensis -- Bigeye houndshark
•Mustelus antarcticus -- Gummy shark
•Mustelus asterias -- Starry smoothhound
•Mustelus californicus -- Grey smoothhound
•Mustelus canis -- Dusky smoothhound
•Mustelus dorsalis -- Sharpnose smoothhound
•Mustelus fasciatus -- Striped smoothhound
•Mustelus griseus -- Spotless smoothhound
•Mustelus henlei -- Brown smoothhound
•Mustelus higmani -- Smalleye smoothhound
•Mustelus lenticulatus -- Spotted estuary smoothhound or
rig
•Mustelus lunulatus -- Sicklefin smoothhound
•Mustelus manazo -- Starspotted smoothhound
•Mustelus mento -- Speckled smoothhound
•Mustelus mosis -- Arabian, hardnose, or Moses smoothhound
•Mustelus mustelus -- Smoothhound
•Mustelus norrisi -- Narrowfin or Florida smoothhound
•Mustelus palumbes -- Whitespot smoothhound
•Mustelus punctulatus -- Blackspot smoothhound
•Mustelus schmitti -- Narrownose smoothhound
•Mustelus whitneyi -- Humpback smoothhound
•Scylliogaleus quecketti -- Flapnose houndshark
•Triakis acutipinna -- Sharpfin houndshark
•Triakis maculata -- Spotted houndshark
•Triakis megalopterus -- Sharptooth houndshark or spotted
gully shark
•Triakis scyllium -- Banded houndshark
•Triakis semifasciata -- Leopard shark
•Family HEMIGALEIDAE - Weasel sharks
Six Species
•Chaenogaleus macrostoma -- Hooktooth shark
•Hemigaleus microstoma -- Sicklefin weasel shark
•Hemipristis elongatus -- Snaggletooth shark
•Paragaleus leucolomatus -- Whitetip weasel shark
•Paragaleus pectoralis -- Atlantic weasel shark
•Paragaleus tengi -- Straighttooth weasel shark
•Family CARCHARHINIDAE - Requiem sharks
48 Species
•Carcharhinus acronotus -- Blacknose shark
•Carcharhinus albimarginatus -- Silvertip shark
•Carcharhinus altimus -- Bignose shark
•Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides -- Graceful shark
•Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos -- Grey reef shark
•Carcharhinus amboinensis -- Pigeye or Java shark
•Carcharhinus borneensis -- Borneo shark
•Carcharhinus brachyurus -- Copper shark or bronze whaler
•Carcharhinus brevipinna -- Spinner shark
•Carcharhinus cautus -- Nervous shark
•Carcharhinus dussumieri -- Whitecheek shark
•Carcharhinus falciformis -- Silky shark
•Carcharhinus fitzroyensis -- Creek whaler
•Carcharhinus galapagenisis -- Galapagos shark
•Carcharhinus hemiodon -- Pondicherry shark
•Carcharhinus isodon -- Finetooth shark
•Carcharhinus leucas -- Bull or Zambezi shark
•Carcharhinus limbatus -- Blacktip shark
•Carcharhinus longimanus -- Oceanic whitetip shark
•Carcharhinus macloti -- Hardnose shark
•Carcharhinus melanopterus -- Blacktip reef shark
•Carcharhinus obscurus -- Dusky shark
•Carcharhinus perezi -- Caribbean reef shark
•Carcharhinus plumbeus -- Sandbar shark
•Carcharhinus porosus -- Smalltail shark
•Carcharhinus sealei -- Blackspot shark
•Carcharhinus signatus -- Night shark
•Carcharhinus sorrah -- Spottail shark
•Carcharhinus wheeleri -- Blacktail reef shark
•Galeocerdo cuvier -- Tiger shark
•Glyphis gangeticus -- Ganges shark
•Glyphis glyphis -- Speartooth shark
•Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus -- Daggernose shark
•Lamiopsis temmincki -- Broadfin shark
•Loxodon macrorhinus -- Sliteye shark
•Nasolamia velox -- Whitenose shark
•Negraprion acutidens -- Sharptooth lemon shark
•Negraprion brevirostris -- Lemon shark
•Prionace glauca -- Blue shark
•Rhizoprionodon acutus -- Milk shark
•Rhizoprionodon lalandei -- Brazilian sharpnose shark
•Rhizoprionodon longurio -- Pacific sharpnose shark
•Rhizoprionodon oligolinx -- Grey sharpnose shark
•Rhizopriondon porosus -- Carribean sharpnose shark
•Rhizopriondon taylori -- Australian sharpnose shark
•Rhizopriondon terraenovae -- Atlantic sharpnose shark
•Scoliodon laticaudus -- Spadenose shark
•Triaenodon obesus -- Whitetip reef shark
•Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks
Nine Species
•Eusphyra blochii -- Winghead shark
•Sphyrna corona -- Mallethead shark
•Sphyrna couardi -- Whitefin hammerhead
•Sphyrna lewini -- Scalloped hammerhead
•Sphyrna media -- Scoophead shark
•Sphyrna mokarran -- Great hammerhead
•Sphyrna tiburo -- Bonnethead shark
•Sphyrna tudes -- Smalleye hammerhead
•Sphyrna zygaena -- Smooth hammerhead
From:
Sharks of the World
by Leonard J.V. Compagno
FAO Species Catalogue/The United Nations Development Program,
1984
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