Australian Sharks
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FAMILY : Raggedtooths
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Sand Tiger Shark
(Odontaspis ferox) |
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FAMILY : Thresher sharks
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Bigeye Thresher Shark
(Alopias superciliosus) |
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The Bigeye Thresher is a large thresher with very large eyes. It has a long upper tail lobe almost half the total length of the shark. The pectoral fins are broad and curved. The first dorsal fin is located further back than on other thresher sharks... Click to continue> |
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Pelagic Thresher
(Alopias pelagicus) |
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The Pelagic Thresher has a very long and strap like upper tail lobe, about half the total length of the shark. It has fairly small eyes, a conical snout and large straight pectoral fins with broad tips. It is dark blue above with white underside.... Click to continue> |
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Thresher Shark
(Alopias vulpinus) |
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The Thresher Shark is a large shark with pointed pectoral fins and a very long upper tail lobe (about as long as the body). It is grey, blue-grey or blackish on the back and underside of the snout, with white belly The Thresher has fairly small... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Bamboo sharks
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Epaulette Shark
(Hemiscyllium ocellatum) |
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FAMILY : Blind sharks
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Blind Shark
(Brachaelurus waddi) |
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The Blind Shark has a slightly flattened head, small eyes and a long tail. It has two dorsal fins located close together well back on the body, and a small anal fin just before the tail. It is brown or grey to black above and yellowish below. It... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Carpet sharks
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Banded Wobbegong
(Orectolobus ornatus) |
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Margins of head with several branched dermal 'tentacles'. Several broad diffuse dark brown bands with corrugated edges across the head and upper body; scattered irregular pale spots covering the upper body, but no distinctive white... Click to continue> |
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Spotted Wobbegong
(Orectolobus maculatus) |
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FAMILY : Whale sharks
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Whale Shark
(Rhincodon typus) |
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Largest fish in existence. Blue-grey or brownish with a distinctive pattern of white spots and vertical lines, paler underside. Prominent ridges on sides. Broad, flat head and very wide mouth bearing about 300 rows of minute teeth in each jaw. Large... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Zebra sharks
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Zebra Shark
(Stegostoma fasciatum) |
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The Leopard Shark is a slow swimming shark seen around coral reefs. It has cylindrical body with prominent ridges on the sides. The head is flattened and cone shaped. The tail is about half of the total length. The body is pale brown with dark brown... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Dogfish sharks
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Cookie-cutter Shark
(Isistius brasiliensis) |
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FAMILY : Angel sharks
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Australian Angelshark
(Squatina australis) |
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Body flattened with five gill slits on either side of head partially hidden by front of expanded pectoral fins; grey to grey-brown with a pattern of white spots. Tail with two dorsal fins and a caudal fin at the tip. Up to 1.5 m long (head to tail... Click to continue> |
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