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The zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) is a species of carpet shark and the sole member of the family Stegostomatidae. It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific , frequenting coral reefs and sandy flats to a depth of 62 m (200 ft).
On the IUCN Red List, endangered is the second-most severe conservation status for wild populations in the IUCN's schema after critically endangered. In 2012, the IUCN Red List featured 3,079 animal and 2,655 plant species as endangered worldwide. [1] The figures for 1998 were 1,102 and 1,197 respectively. [1]
Endangered [201] [202] Angel shark: Squatina squatina: Angel shark: decreasing Critically endangered [203] [204] [205] Angel shark: Squatina tergocellatoides: Ocellated angelshark: unknown Vulnerable [206] [207] [208] Carpet shark: Stegostoma fasciatum: Zebra shark: decreasing Vulnerable [209] [210] [211] Groundshark: Triakis acutipinna ...
Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, oceanic whitetip shark numbers in the Pacific Ocean have fallen an estimated 80 to 95% within the last 30 years, according to NOAA.
While sharks sit near the top of the food chain in the ocean, their extinction would still have an effect on our life. Without sharks, the ecosystem would be thrown off, triggering changes to the ...
71 to 158 are extinct or extinct in the wild: 65 extinct (EX) species [d] ... Zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra) Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
A Pennsylvania 8-year-old on vacation in SC found a huge fossilized tooth from a long-extinct shark species. ‘Once in a lifetime find,’ Boy finds massive, extinct shark tooth on SC vacation ...
G. cuvieri specimen, Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona. This species has had a complex taxonomic history. [1] One specimen of the species was initially misidentified by Volta (1796) as a fossil specimen of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias, at the time Squalus carcharias), and another as a fossil specimen of the zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum, at the time Squalus fasciatus).