Squaliformes are a large and diverse order of sharks characterized by having two dorsal fins, no anal fin, and no nictitating membrane. They’re found all over the world. Some popular species are the @greenland shark, the @gulper shark, and the @viper dogfish.
Family: Echinorhinidae | Genus: Echinorhinus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Near Threatened
The Echinorhinus cookei, or Prickly Shark, is identified by its large, thorn-like denticles on the body. This rare, deepwater shark is found from 11 to 1100 metres deep in the Western Pacific Ocean off Japan, Taiwan, Palau, Australia and New Zealand,… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Pygmy Lanternshark is a shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Biology and Description: The Pygmy Lanternshark has a firm, almost cylindrical body with a head relatively long. The eyes are narrow, with a pale… read more.
Family: Dalatiidae | Genus: Euprotomicrus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Pygmy shark, the second smallest of all the shark species, is a sleeper shark of the Dalatiidae family, and only member of the genus Euprotomicrus. Biology and Description: The Pygmy shark is a small dogfish with a cigar-shaped… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The rasptooth dogfish is a a shark species found south of Japan, at depths of about 360 m. Very little is known about their biology or their behaviour as only a few specimens have been studied. They’re presumed to be… read more.
Family: Centrophoridae | Genus: Daenia | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The Deania Hystricosa, or Rough Longnose Dogfish, is a little-known deepwater shark found on the upper and middle continental and insular slopes of the northeast Atlantic and northwest Pacific oceans. They are found 471 to 1,900 metres deep in areas… read more.
Family: Somniosidae | Genus: Centroscymnus | Species: Centroscymnus Owstonii | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
Also known as the Roughskin Dogfish Shark or Owston’s Dogfish, is a sleeper shark of the Somniosidae family, found around the world on continental shelves in tropicals, subtropical and temperate seas. Biology: This species is of dark brown or black… read more.
Family: Squalidae | Genus: Cirrhigaleus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The roughskin spurdog is a widespread species of dogfish found in warm and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, at depths of 200 to 650 m. It is most common along the Atlantic coast of the United… read more.
Family: Oxynotidae | Genus: Oxynotus | Species: Oxynotus Paradoxus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The Oxynotus Paradoxus, also known as the Sailfin Roughshark, is a species of dogfish shark in the Oxynotidae family, found in the eastern North Atlantic from Scotland to Senegal. Biology: The Sailfin Roughshark is a rare shark. At birth, this… read more.
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