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Wobbegong is the common name given to the 12 species of carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae.They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, chiefly around Australia and Indonesia, although one species (the Japanese wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus) occurs as far north as Japan.
The epaulette shark ( / ɛpəlɛt ʃɑːrk /, Hemiscyllium ocellatum) is a species of longtailed carpet shark of the family Hemiscylliidae, found in shallow, tropical waters off Australia and New Guinea (and possibly elsewhere). The common name of this shark comes from the very large, white-margined black spot behind each pectoral fin, which ...
The giant pangasius, paroon shark, pangasid-catfish [1] or Chao Phraya giant catfish ( Pangasius sanitwongsei) is a species of freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Indochina. Its populations have declined drastically, mainly due to overfishing, and it is ...
Catsharks are ground sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. They are the largest family of sharks with around 160 species placed in 17 genera. [2] Although they are generally known as catsharks, some species can also be called dogfish due to previous naming. [3] However, a dogfish may generally be distinguished from a catshark as catsharks lay ...
1Cow and frilled sharks (2 Families) 2Dogfish sharks (7 families) 3Sawsharks (1 family) 4Angel sharks (1 family) 5Bullhead sharks (1 family) 6Mackerel sharks (7 families) 7Carpet sharks (7 families) 8Ground sharks (8 families) 9Alphabetic sort.
The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae.It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of the head, and is the only shark species known to be ...
The shark kidney excretes urea that is needed for the shark to have in its system so the shark does not become dehydrated from living in seawater. [14] Sharks hearts have two chambers and the way the heart pumps. The shark heart's main importance is providing oxygenated blood to the entire body while filtering out the deoxygenated blood. [15]
Species: A. macrorhynchus. Binomial name. Apristurus macrorhynchus. ( S. Tanaka (I), 1909) Range of the flathead catshark (in blue) The flathead catshark ( Apristurus macrorhynchus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, found in the deep waters of the northwest Pacific Ocean .