𓇼Know your sharks: From Angel Shark to Zebra Shark𓇼

Sharks A–Z in ABC Order

There are over 500 known species of sharks and around 540 has been noticed, grouped into diffrent families based on shared traits, yet each of these speice are still very unique in their own way with distinct features, behaviors, and adaptations, making sharks one of the most diverse groups of marine animals.. ࣪★ ᯓ🦈ᯓ★ ࣪ ˖

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Group A Sharks ♥

  • African Angelshark
  • African Dwarf Sawshark
  • African Lanternshark
  • African Sawtail Catshark
  • Angelshark (Monkfish)
  • Angular Angelshark
  • Angular Roughshark
  • Antilles Catshark
  • Arabian Carpetshark
  • Arabian Catshark
  • Arabian Smooth-hound
  • Argentine Angelshark
  • Arrow-head Dogfish
  • Atlantic Angelshark
  • Atlantic Sawtail Catshark
  • Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
  • Atlantic Weasel Shark
  • Australian Angelshark
  • Australian Blackspotted Catshark
  • Australian Blacktip Shark
  • Australian Grey Smooth-hound
  • Australian Marbled Catshark
  • Australian Reticulate Swellshark
  • Australian Sawtail Catshark
  • Australian Sharpnose Shark
  • Australian Spotted Catshark
  • Australian Swellshark
  • Australian Weasel Shark
  • Azores Dogfish
  • Group B Sharks ♥

  • Bahamas Sawshark
  • Bali Catshark
  • Balloon Shark
  • Banded Houndshark
  • Banded Sand Catshark
  • Banded Wobbegong
  • Barbeled Houndshark
  • Barbelthroat Carpetshark
  • Bareskin Dogfish
  • Bartail Spurdog
  • Basking Shark
  • Beige Catshark
  • Bigeye Houndshark
  • Bigeye Sand Tiger
  • Bigeye Sixgill Shark
  • Bigeye Thresher Shark
  • Bighead Catshark
  • Bighead Spurdog
  • Bignose Shark
  • Birdbeak Dogfish
  • Black Dogfish
  • Black Roughscale Catshark
  • Black-tip sawtail catshark
  • Blackbelly Lanternshark
  • Blackgill Catshark
  • Blackmouth catshark
  • Blackmouth Lanternshark
  • Blacknose shark
  • Blackspot Shark
  • Blackspotted Catshark
  • Blackspotted Smooth-hound
  • Blacktail Reef Shark
  • Blacktailed Spurdog
  • Blacktip Reef Shark
  • Blacktip shark
  • Blacktip Tope
  • Blind Shark
  • Blotched Catshark
  • Blotchy Swellshark
  • Blue Shark
  • Bluegrey Carpetshark
  • Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
  • Blurred Lanternshark
  • Blurred Lanternshark
  • Boa Catshark
  • Boa Catshark
  • Bonnethead Shark
  • Borneo Catshark
  • Borneo Shark
  • Bramble Shark
  • Brazilian Sharpnose Shark
  • Bristled Lanternshark
  • Bristly Catshark
  • Broadbanded Lanternshark
  • Broadfin Sawtail Catshark
  • Broadfin Shark
  • Broadgill Catshark
  • Broadhead Catshark
  • Broadmouth Catshark
  • Broadnose Catshark
  • Broadnose Sevengill Shark
  • Broadsnout Lanternshark
  • Brown Catshark
  • Brown Shyshark
  • Brown Smooth-hound
  • Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
  • Brownspotted Catshark
  • Bull shark
  • Burmese Bamboo Shark
  • GROUP C SHARKS ♥

  • Campeche Catshark
  • Caribbean Lanternshark
  • Caribbean Reef Shark
  • Caribbean Roughshark
  • Caribbean Sharpnose Shark
  • Cenderawasih Epaulette Shark
  • Chain Catshark
  • Chilean Angelshark
  • Clouded Angelshark
  • Cloudy Catshark
  • Coates’ Shark
  • Cobbler Wobbegong
  • Collared Carpetshark
  • Combtooth Dogfish
  • Combtooth Lanternshark
  • Common Smooth-hound
  • Common Thresher Shark
  • Comoro Catshark
  • Cook’s Swellshark
  • Cookiecutter Shark
  • Copper Shark
  • Coral Catshark
  • Creek Whaler
  • Crescent Bullhead Shark
  • Crested Bullhead Shark
  • Crocodile Shark
  • Crying Izak
  • Cuban Dogfish
  • Cuban Ribbontail Catshark
  • Cylindrical Lanternshark
  • Cyrano Spurdog
  • GROUP D SHARKS ♥

  • Daggernose Shark
  • Dark Shyshark
  • Deepwater Catshark
  • Deepwater Sicklefin Houndshark
  • Densescale Lanternshark
  • Draughtsboard Shark
  • Dumb Gulper shark
  • Dusky Catshark
  • Dusky shark
  • Dusky Smooth-hound
  • Dwarf Catshark
  • Dwarf False Catshark
  • Dwarf Gulper Shark
  • Dwarf Lanternshark
  • Dwarf Sawfish
  • Dwarf Sawtail Catshark
  • Dwarf Smooth-hound
  • Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong
  • GROUP E SHARKS ♥

  • Eastern Angelshark
  • Eastern Banded Catshark
  • Eastern Highfin Spurdog
  • Eastern Longnose Spurdog
  • Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark
  • Edmund’s Spurdog
  • Elongate Carpetshark
  • Epaulette Shark
  • GROUP F SHARKS ♥

  • False Catshark
  • False Lanternshark
  • Fat Catshark
  • Fatspine Spurdog
  • Filetail Catshark
  • Finetooth Shark
  • Flaccid Catshark
  • Flagtail Swellshark
  • Flapnose Houndshark
  • Flat-head Catshark
  • Floral Banded Wobbegong
  • Freckled Catshark
  • Frilled Shark
  • Fringefin Lanternshark
  • Frog Shark
  • GROUP G SHARKS ♥

  • Galapagos Bullhead Shark
  • Galapagos Catshark
  • Galapagos Shark
  • Ganges Shark
  • Gecko Catshark
  • Ghost Catshark
  • Ginger Carpetshark
  • Goblin Shark
  • Graceful Catshark
  • Graceful Shark
  • Granular Dogfish
  • Granular Dogfish
  • Great Hammerhead Shark
  • Great Lanternshark
  • Great White Shark
  • Green Lanternshark
  • Green-eye Spurdog
  • Greenland Shark
  • Grey Bamboo Shark
  • Grey Sharpnose Shark
  • Grey Smooth-hound
  • Grinning Izak
  • Gulf Catshark
  • Gulf Smooth-hound
  • Gulper Shark
  • Gummy Shark
  • GROUP H SHARKS ♥

  • Hardnose Shark
  • Hardnose Shark
  • Harlequin Catshark
  • Hasselt’s Bamboo Shark
  • Hawailian Lanternshark
  • Hidden Angelshark
  • High-Fin Dogfish
  • Hoary Catshark
  • Honeycomb Izak Catshark
  • Hooded Carpet Shark
  • Hooktooth Dogfish
  • Hooktooth Shark
  • Horn Shark
  • Humpback Catshark
  • Humpback Smooth-hound
  • GROUP I SHARKS ♥

  • Iceland Catshark
  • Indian Swellshark
  • Indonesian Angelshark
  • Indonesian Greeneye Spurdog
  • Indonesian Shortsnout Spurdog
  • Indonesian Speckled Carpet Shark
  • Indonesian Speckled Catshark
  • Irrawady River Shark
  • Izak Catshark
  • Izu Catshark
  • GROUP J SHARKS ♥

  • Japanese Angelshark
  • Japanese Bullhead Shark
  • Japanese Catshark
  • Japanese Roughshark
  • Japanese Sawshark
  • Japanese Shortnose Spurdog
  • Japanese Spurdog
  • Japanese Topeshark
  • Japanese Velvet Dogfish
  • Japanese Wobbegong
  • GROUP K SHARKS ♥

  • Kermadec Spiny Dogfish
  • Kitefin Shark
  • Knife-tooth Dogfish
  • GROUP L SHARKS ♥

  • Lana’s Sawshark
  • Large-nose Catshark
  • Largespine Velvet Dogfish
  • Largetooth Cookiercutter Shark
  • Largetooth Sawfish
  • Leafscale Gulper Shark
  • Lemon Shark
  • Leopard Catshark
  • Leopard Epaulette Shark
  • Leopard Shark
  • Lesser-spotted Catshark
  • Lined Catshark
  • Lined Lanternshark (Etmopterus bullisi)
  • Lined Lanternshark (Etmopterus dislineatus)
  • Little Gulper Shark
  • Lizard Catshark
  • Llittle Sleeper Shark
  • Lollipop Catshark
  • Long-fin Catshark
  • Long-head Catshark
  • Long-nose Catshark
  • Long-nose Pygmy Shark
  • Long-nose Sawshark
  • Longcomb Sawfish
  • Longfin Catshark
  • Longfin Mako Shark
  • Longfin Sawtail Catshark
  • Longnose Houndshark
  • Longnose Sawtail Catshark
  • Longnose Spurdog
  • Longnose Velvet Dogfish
  • Longsnout Dogfish
  • GROUP M SHARKS ♥

  • Magnificent Catshark
  • Mandarin Dogfish
  • Mcmillan’s Catshark
  • Megamouth Shark
  • Mexican Horn Shark
  • Milk Shark
  • Moller’s Lanternshark
  • Mosaic Gulper Shark
  • Mouse Catshark
  • Mud Catshark
  • GROUP N SHARKS ♥

  • Narrow Sawfish
  • Narrow-fin Smooth-hound
  • Narrow-mouthed Catshark
  • Narrow-tail Catshark
  • Narrowbar Swellshark
  • Narrownose Smooth-hound
  • Natal Shyshark
  • Necklace Carpetshark
  • Nervous Shark
  • Network Wobbegong
  • New Caledonia Catshark
  • New Zealand Catshark
  • New Zealand Lanternshark
  • New Zealand Lanternshark
  • Night Shark
  • Northern River Shark
  • Northern Sawtail Catshark
  • Northern Spiny Dogfish
  • Northern Wobbegong
  • Nurse Shark
  • Nursehound Catshark
  • GROUP O SHARKS ♥

  • Oceanic Whitetip Shark
  • Ocellate Topeshark
  • Ocellated Angelshark
  • Oman Bullhead Shark
  • One-fin Catshark
  • Orange Spotted Catshark
  • Ornate Angelshark
  • Ornate Dogfish
  • Ornate Wobbegong
  • GROUP P SHARKS ♥

  • Pacific Angelshark
  • Pacific Nurse Shark
  • Pacific Sharpnose Shark
  • Pacific Sleeper Shark
  • Pacific Smalltail Shark
  • Pacific Spadenose Shark
  • Pacific Spiny Dogfish
  • Pale Catshark
  • Pale Spotted Catshark
  • Panama Ghost Catshark
  • Papuan Epaulette Shark
  • Pelagic Thresher Shark
  • Peppered Catshark
  • Phallic Catshark
  • Pigeye Shark
  • Pink Lanternashark
  • Pinocchio Catshark
  • Plunket Shark
  • Pocket shark
  • Pondicherry Shark
  • Porbeagle Shark
  • Port Jackson Shark
  • Portuguese Dogfish
  • Prickly Dogfish
  • Prickly Shark
  • Puffadder Shyshark
  • Pygmy Lanternshark
  • Pygmy Ribbontail Catshark
  • Pygmy Shark
  • Pyjama Catshark
  • GROUP Q SHARKS ♥

  • Quagga Catshark
  • GROUP R SHARKS ♥

  • Rasptooth Dogfish
  • Redspotted Catshark
  • Reticulated Swellshark
  • Rough Longnose Dogfish
  • Rough-tail Catshark
  • Roughskin catshark
  • Roughskin Dogfish
  • Roughskin Spurdog
  • Rusty Carpetshark
  • Rusty Catshark
  • GROUP S SHARKS &heart;

  • Saddle Carpetshark
  • Saddled Swellshark
  • Sail-back Houndshark
  • Sail-fin Roughshark
  • Salamander Catshark
  • Saldanha Catshark
  • Salmon Shark
  • Sand Tiger Shark
  • Sandbar Shark
  • Sarawak Pygmy Swellshark
  • Sawback Angelshark
  • Scalloped Bonnethead
  • Scalloped Hammerhead
  • School Shark
  • Scoop-head Hammerhead
  • Seychelles Gulper Shark
  • Seychelles Spurdog
  • Sharpfin Houndshark
  • Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
  • Sharptooth Houndshark
  • Sharptooth Lemon Shark
  • Sharptooth Smooth-hound
  • Sherwood’s Dogfish
  • Short-belly Catshark
  • Short-nose Spurdog
  • Short-tail Lanternshark
  • Short-tail Nurse shark
  • Shortfin Mako Shark
  • Shortnose Demon Catshark
  • Shortnose Sawshark
  • Shortspine Spurdog
  • Sicklefin Houndshark
  • Sicklefin Smooth-hound
  • Sicklefin Weasel Shark
  • Silky Shark
  • Silvertip shark
  • Six-gill Sawshark
  • Slender Bamboo Shark
  • Slender Catshark
  • Slender Sawtail Catshark
  • Slender Smooth-hound
  • Slender Weasel Shark
  • Slit-eye Shark
  • Small-belly Catshark
  • Small-dorsal Catshark
  • Small-eye Catshark
  • Small-eye Hammerhead
  • Small-eye Lanternshark
  • Small-eye Pygmy Shark
  • Small-eye Smooth-hound
  • Small-fin Catshark
  • Small-fin Gulper Shark
  • Smalltail Shark
  • Smalltooth Sand Tiger
  • Smalltooth Sawfish
  • Smooth Hammerhead
  • Smooth Lanternshark
  • Smooth-tooth Blacktip shark
  • Smoothback Angelshark
  • Snaggletooth Shark
  • Sombre Catshark
  • South China Catshark
  • Southern Lanternshark
  • Southern Mandarin Dogfish
  • Southern Sawtail Catshark
  • Southern Sleeper Shark
  • Spadenose Shark
  • Sparsetooth Dogfish
  • Speartooth Shark
  • Speckled Carpet Shark
  • Speckled Catshark
  • Speckled Smooth-hound
  • Speckled Swellshark
  • Spined Pygmy Shark
  • Spinner shark
  • Spiny Dogfish
  • Splendid Lanternshark
  • Sponge-head Catshark
  • Spot-tail Shark
  • Spotless Catshark
  • Spotless Smooth-hound
  • Spotted Estuary Smooth-hound
  • Spotted Houndshark
  • Spotted Wobbegong
  • Springer’s Sawtail Catshark
  • Starry Catshark
  • Starry Smooth-hound
  • Starspotted Smooth-hound
  • Stout Catshark
  • Straight-tooth weasel shark
  • Striped Smooth-hound
  • Swellshark
  • GROUP T SHARKS &heart;

  • Tailspot Lanternshark
  • Taiwan Angelshark
  • Taiwan Saddled Carpetshark
  • Tall-light Shark
  • Tasselled Wobbegong
  • Tawny Nurse Shark
  • Thorny Lanternshark
  • Tiger Catshark
  • Tiger Shark
  • Triton Epaulette Shark
  • Tropical Sawshark
  • GROUP U SHARKS (None Yet) ♥

    GROUP V SHARKS &heart;

  • Variegated Catshark
  • Velvet Belly Lanternshark
  • Velvet Catshark
  • Velvet Dogfish
  • Viper Dogfish
  • GROUP W SHARKS ♥

  • West Indian Lanternshark
  • Western African catshark
  • Western Angelshark
  • Western Gulper Shark
  • Western Highfin Spurdog
  • Western Longnose Spurdog
  • Western Spotted Catshark
  • Western Wobbegong
  • Whale Shark
  • Whiskery Shark
  • White Ghost Catshark
  • White-bodied Catshark
  • White-clasper Catshark
  • White-fin Swellshark
  • White-margin Fin Houndshark
  • White-saddled Catshark
  • White-spotted Bamboo Shark
  • White-Spotted Catshark
  • White-spotted Smooth-hound
  • White-tail Dogfish
  • White-tip Catshark
  • White-tip Reef Shark
  • Whitecheek Shark
  • Whitefin Dogfish
  • Whitefin Topeshark
  • Whitenose Shark
  • Whitespotted Bullhead Shark
  • Whitetip Weasel Shark
  • Winghead Shark
  • GROUP X SHARKS ♥(None Yet)

    GROUP Y SHARK ♥

    Yellowspotted Catshark

    GROUP Z SHARKS ♥

      Zebra Bullhead Shark
      Zebra Shark
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    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Carcharhiniformes: Also known as ground sharks, with around 270 species. They typically have two dorsal fins (the first usually larger), an anal fin, five gill slits, and a nictitating membrane over the eyes.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Heterodontiformes: Known as bullhead sharks, these species are recognized for their unique teeth and jaw structures.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Hexanchiformes: Distinguished by having six or seven gill slits and long, eel-like bodies.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Lamniformes: Includes species like the great white shark and goblin shark. They typically have large mouths and powerful bodies.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Orectolobiformes: Often called carpet sharks, these species include the whale shark and are characterized by flattened bodies and patterned skin.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Pristiophoriformes: These are the sawsharks, named for their long, toothed snouts that resemble saws.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Squaliformes: Also known as dogfish sharks, they often lack an anal fin and have spines in front of their dorsal fins.

    🦈๋࣭⭑𓇼 Squatiniformes: Known as angel sharks, they have flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins that give them a ray-like appearance.

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    Credits & Sources:
    Some facts were inspired by and adapted from educational resources such as:
    - Active Wild (activewild.com)
    - Sharkwater Shark Database (sharkwater.com)

    All facts were rewritten in my own words for educational and fun purposes. 🩵

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