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: Squalidae | Genus: Squalus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Vulnerable
The Spiny Dogfish is found all over the world in temperate and sub-arctic waters and occasionally in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Despite the fact they were once the most populous shark in the world, the population has gone into… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The splendid lanternshark is a species of dogfish shark found in the Western Pacific, with known populations in Japan, Taiwan, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. It has been caught at depths of 120 to 210 m/394–689 ft, and there are reports… read more.
Family: Dalatiidae | Genus: Euprotomicroides | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Taillight Shark (Euprotomicroides zantedeschia) is an extremely rare, small (to 41 cm total length) oceanic (possibly epipelagic) shark with a patchy distribution. Specimens have been collected in the Southwest Atlantic off Brazil in international waters, in the Southeast Atlantic… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The tailspot lanternshark is a species of deepwater shark found off the coast of New Caledonia, at depths of 630 to 800 m. Like all lanternsharks, they’re small deep water sharks known for the light-producing photophores on their bodies. The… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The X lanternshark is a species of lantershark found in the Western Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa, at depths of 200 to 500 m. Like all members of the lantern shark family they’re small, with a maximum… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | Species: Etmopterus spinax | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Vulnerable
Velvet belly lantern sharks are one of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean near Iceland and Norway to Gabon and South Africa at depths between 20 m to 2, 490 m/66–8,169 ft. They are most commonly… read more.
Family: Somniosidae | Genus: Zameus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Velvet Dogfish is a deepwater shark species found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific tropical oceans. Generally, on or near the bottom of continental and insular slopes at depths of 550 to 1,450 metres, this species can also be… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Trigonognathus | Species: Trigonognathus kabeyai | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Viper Dogfish was first identified in 1986. They are rare deep sea sharks and have been found in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii. They migrate vertically in the ocean. At night, viper… read more.
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