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Basking shark. The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.
Shark. † Synechodontiformes. Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha[1] (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin).
Great white shark. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
October 27, 2024 at 11:00 PM. Researchers at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station found a “White Shark Café” located halfway between Baja California, Mexico, and Hawaii. After years ...
The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7 m (23 ft). [2] It is found in the Pacific Ocean, usually in the northern hemisphere, but observations in recent years show it is also present in the ...
Oceanic whitetip shark. The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins. The species is typically solitary, though they may gather in large numbers at food concentrations.
"The shark takes off because clearly, that's not what the shark was interested in. If you look at maybe something like a six-foot bull shark, just by the sheer size, it's going to do a lot more ...
An offshore, deepwater species, the kitefin shark is most common at a depth of 200–600 m (660–1,970 ft), but has been captured from the surface to as deep as 1,800 m (5,900 ft). [ 11 ] [ 18 ] Off the Azores this shark segregates by sex, with females most common around a depth of 230 m (750 ft) and males most common around 412–448 m (1,352 ...