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Hexanchus griseus, cow shark, six-gilled shark
large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas
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mackerel shark
fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
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Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thrasher, thresher, thresher shark
large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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Orectolobus barbatus, carpet shark
shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin
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Ginglymostoma cirratum, nurse shark
small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia
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Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus, sand shark, sand tiger
shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers
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Rhincodon typus, whale shark
large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
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cat shark
small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes; found along continental slopes
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requiem shark
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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dogfish
any of several small sharks
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hammerhead, hammerhead shark
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
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Squatina squatina, angel shark, angelfish, monkfish
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
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Lamna nasus, porbeagle
voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
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mako, mako shark
powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
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Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, white shark
large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
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Cetorhinus maximus, basking shark
large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
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Carcharhinus leucas, bull shark, cub shark
a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
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Carcharhinus plumbeus, sandbar shark
most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen
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Carcharhinus limbatus, blacktip shark, sandbar shark
widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
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Carcharinus longimanus, oceanic whitetip shark, white-tipped shark, whitetip shark
large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
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Carcharhinus obscurus, dusky shark
relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
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Negaprion brevirostris, lemon shark
common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous
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Prionace glauca, blue shark, great blue shark
slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
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Galeocerdo cuvieri, tiger shark
large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body
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Galeorhinus zyopterus, soup-fin, soupfin, soupfin shark
Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
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smooth dogfish
small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts
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spiny dogfish
small bottom-dwelling dogfishes
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Sphyrna zygaena, smooth hammerhead
fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver
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Sphyrna tudes, smalleye hammerhead
fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver
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Sphyrna tiburo, bonnet shark, bonnethead, shovelhead
small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
