Australian Sharks
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FAMILY : Cat sharks
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Draughtboard Shark
(Cephaloscyllium laticeps) |
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Body robust, brownish to greyish with a broad dark saddle behind the eyes, and a dense pattern of very dark irregular spots, blotches and saddles, sometimes with paler flecks. Small juveniles have small dark spots and faint saddle-like blotches;... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : False cat shark
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False Catshark
(Pseudotriakis microdon) |
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FAMILY : Hammerhead sharks
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Scalloped Hammerhead
(Sphyrna lewini) |
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The Scalloped Hammerhead is a large hammerhead shark. The front of the head has an undulating margin with a central notch. The side wings of the head are narrow with margins swept backward. The first dorsal fin is high and second dorsal and pelvic... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Hound sharks
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Gummy Shark
(Mustelus antarcticus) |
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FAMILY : Requiem sharks
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Blacktip Reef Shark
(Carcharhinus melanopterus) |
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The Blacktip Reef Shark brownish is a small shark with bluntly rounded snout. It is yellow to grey above with white underside. There is a dark stripe running from under the first dorsal fin to above the ventral fin. The first dorsal fin and lower... Click to continue> |
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Bull Shark
(Carcharhinus leucas) |
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The Bull Shark is a large shark with stout body, short blunt snout, and adults have no fin markings. It has two dorsal fins, the second is about one third the height of the first. The eye is small and there is no ridge between the two dorsal fins.... Click to continue> |
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Dusky Shark
(Carcharhinus obscurus) |
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The Dusky Shark is a large shark with a pointed snout, long curved pectoral fins and a ridge between the two dorsal fins. The first dorsal fin is tall and the second is low and broad. The upper teeth are triangular and serrated. The lower jaw teeth... Click to continue> |
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Grey Whaler Shark
(Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) |
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The Grey Whaler Shark is bronze to grey above with white underside. It has a black tail fin margin. The undersides of the pectoral and pelvic fins have black tips and black trailing margins. There is an indistinct stripe along the side from above... Click to continue> |
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Silky Shark
(Carcharhinus falciformis) |
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The Silky Shark is a large slender shark with a long rounded snout and low ridge between the dorsal fins. It is grey, blue grey or dark brown above with white underside. The first dorsal fin is uniformly coloured. The other fins may have dusky tips.... Click to continue> |
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Tiger Shark
(Galeocerdo cuvier) |
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The Tiger Shark is a large shark with a broad, blunt rounded snout. The mouth has large, serrated cocks-comb-shaped teeth. The body is grey above with vertical dark grey to black bars and spots which fade in adults. The underside is white. Small... Click to continue> |
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Blue Shark
(Prionace glauca) |
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Whitetip Reef Shark
(Triaenodon obesus) |
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FAMILY : Bullhead sharks
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Crested Horn shark
(Heterodontus galeatus) |
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Blunt head with a prominent ridge above both eyes. It has two tall dorsal fins that are each preceded by a stout spine. It is grey to brown with large dark blotches. Females are larger than males. Body size up to 150 cm.
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Japanese Bullhead Shark
(Heterodontus japonicus) |
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Port Jackson Shark
(Heterodontus portusjacksoni) |
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Body tapering to a slender tail with a robust head, a blunt snout, a low ridge over each eye and two triangular dorsal fins, each with a strong spine. Pale grey to brownish with dark harness-like markings. Usually 80 cm long head to tail tip (up to... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Frilled sharks
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Frill Shark
(Chlamydoselachus anguineus) |
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Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
(Heptranchias perlo) |
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Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
(Hexanchus griseus) |
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Broadnose Shark
(Notorynchus cepedianus) |
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FAMILY : Basking shark
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Basking Shark
(Cetorhinus maximus) |
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The Basking Shark is a large shark with five very long gill slits that almost encircle the head. It has two dorsal fins the front one is large and rear is small. The tail is crescent shaped. The mouth is huge and teeth are very small. The snout is... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Mackerel sharks
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Great White Shark
(Carcharodon carcharias) |
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The Great White Shark has a large spindle shaped body, a conical snout and large first dorsal fin and pectoral fins. It is grey or bronze or black above with white underside. The teeth are triangular and serrated. The eyes are small and black. It... Click to continue> |
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Shortfin Mako
(Isurus oxyrinchus) |
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Pointed snout and long, slender teeth that protrude from the mouth. The second dorsal and anal fins are small and the caudal fin is lunate (moon-shaped). There is a single keel on the caudal peduncle. The upper surface of the body is indigo blue,... Click to continue> |
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Porbeagle Shark
(Lamna nasus) |
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FAMILY : Megamouth shark
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Megamouth Shark
(Megachasma pelagios) |
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A large shark with a rounded, bulbous head and short nose. The terminal mouth is wide with many tiny, sharp, hooked teeth. The body fins are relatively small with the pectoral fins being the longest. The tail has a much longer upper lobe... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Raggedtooths
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Grey Nurse Shark
(Carcharias taurus) |
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The Greynurse Shark is grey-brown, pale brown or grey on top with whitish underside. The two dorsal fins and the anal fin are similar in size. It has a short pointed snout and small eyes. The tail has a distinct notch in the top lobe. Juveniles have... Click to continue> |
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