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The selected pictures are what we believe to be the best pictures on Wikipedia related to sharks.Any image that is featured or valued on the English Wikipedia, or featured, valued or considered high quality on Wikimedia Commons, and is used in one or more articles within the scope of WikiProject Sharks, automatically qualifies, and may be added below.
A Bay Area photographer captures juvenile white sharks "smiling" in the warm waters of Monterey Bay. Photos: Is that shark smiling? Here's why young great whites grin at Monterey Bay's Shark Park
Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish, with some species reaching lengths of about 7–7.6 m (23–25 ft). [1]
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark. ... Photos of Basking shark on Sealife Collection;
The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...
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.
As with other sharks, the teeth of the leopard shark are periodically shed and replaced; it takes 9–12 days for a replacement tooth to move into position. [25] Leopard sharks have been caught with stomachs filled with clam siphons, which the sharks seize before the clams can retract and break off with a levering motion of their bodies.
Sharkbook is a global database for identifying and tracking sharks, particularly whale sharks, using uploaded photos and videos.In addition to identifying and tracking sharks, the site allows people to "adopt a shark" and get updates on specific animals.