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: Etmopteridae | Genus: Centroscyllium | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Black Dogfish is a deep-water shark found mainly between 180 and 2,250 m (590–7,382 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a widespread but discontinuous distribution, occurring in the western Atlantic off the coasts of Canada, Greenland and the… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | Species: Etmopterus lucifer | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
Blackbelly lanternsharks are deepwater sharks that can be found worldwide in tropical to temperate waters at depths of 158 to 1,357 m (518–4,452 ft). Biology and Behaviour Blackbelly lanternsharks are small and slender with a black streak above and behind… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Blackmouth Lanternshark is a small, deepwater shark of the family Etmopteridae. It occurs off northwest Western Australia, in the Arafura Sea near Indonesia, and off Papua New Guinea in the Indo-West Pacific. It is a bathypelagic species recorded along… read more.
Family: Squalidae | Genus: Squalus | Species: Squalus melanurus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
Blacktailed Spurdogs are known from New Caledonia and possibly Vanuatu in the Western Central Pacific Ocean. They have been recorded at depths between 34 and 790 m (112–2,592 ft), although most records come from depths between 200 and 650 m… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The blurred lanternshark is a species of dogfish shark found all over the world, but mostly in the warm and temperate waters of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. Like all lanternsharks, they’re small deep water sharks known for the… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Least Concern
The Blurred (smooth) Lanternshark is a widespread species found on the continental shelves and slopes, island slopes, and submarine ridges and seamounts, at depths of 163 to 1,000 metres in the Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Information on biology and… read more.
Family: Echinorhinidae | Genus: Echinorhinus | Species: Echinorhinus Brucus | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
The Echinorhinus brucus shark, also known as the Bramble Shark, Spinous Shark, or Spiny Shark, is a rare, large, sluggish, deepwater shark found mainly on continental and insular shelves and upper slopes at depths of 400-900 m (1,300-3,00 ft). This… read more.
Family: Etmopteridae | Genus: Etmopterus | Species: Etmopterus unicolor | CITES: Not Listed | IUCN: Data Deficient
Brown lanternsharks can be found in the Western Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan to New Zealand at depths from 402 to 1,380 m. But they frequently swim at 900 m below the surface of the water. Biology… read more.
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