Sharks

Sharks Gallery Collection

Sharks are fish but unlike bony fish, they have a cartilaginous skeleton. Their bodies are streamlined and covered by the small tooth-like, dermal denticles protecting their skin from damage and parasites. They have several sets of replaceable teeth and five to seven gill slits. Sharks range in size from the small dwarf lanternshark, a deep sea species of only 7 in (17 cm) in length, to the whale shark, the largest fish of 39 ft (12 m) which filter feeds only on plankton, squid, and small fish. Go Back to Gallery Collection: Animals

• Blacktip Reef Shark

• Blue Shark The blue shark, Prionace glauca, is a...

• Caribbean Reef Shark The Caribbean reef shark or reef shark,...

• Galapagos Shark The Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis,...

• Gray Smoothhound Shark

• Great White Shark The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias,...

• Hammerhead Sharks

• Horn Shark

• Lemon Shark The lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, is a...

• Leopard Shark

• Nurse Shark

• Oceanic Whitetip Shark The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus...

• Pelagic Thresher Shark

• Pygmy Shark

• Sandbar Shark

• Shortfin Mako Shark The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus...

• Silky Shark

• Tiger Shark

• Whale Shark The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow...

• Whitetip Reef Shark