Family

Species

Common Name

Line Drawing (FAO Catalogue)

HEXANCHIDAE

Gray, 1851

Heptranchias perlo

(Bonnaterre, 1788)

Sharpnose sevengill shark

Hexanchus griseus

(Bonnaterre, 1788)

Bluntnose sixgill shark

Notorhynchus cepedianus

(Peron, 1807)

Broadnose sevengill shark

SQUALIDAE

Blainville, 1816

Isistius brasiliensis

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Cookiecutter shark

Squalus acanthias

Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Piked dogfish

SQUATINIDAE

Bonaparte, 1838

Squatina africana

Regan, 1908

African angelshark

HETERODONTIDAE

Gray, 1851

Heterodontus portusjacksoni

(Meyer, 1793)

Port Jackson shark

Bullhead shark

RINIODONTIDAE

Müller & Henle, 1839

Rhiniodon typus

Smith, 1828

Whale shark

ODONTASPIDIDAE

Müller & Henle, 1839

Eugomphodus taurus

(Rafinesque, 1810)

Sandtiger shark

Odontaspis ferox

(Risso, 1810)

Smalltooth sand tiger

Ragged-tooth shark

LAMNIDAE

Müller & Henle, 1839

Carcharodon carcharias

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Great white shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Rafinesque, 1809

Shortfin mako

Lamna nasus

Bonnaterre, 1788

Porbeagle

Lemon shark

SCYLIORHINIDAE

Gill, 1862

Scyliorhinus hesperius

Springer, 1966

Whitesaddled catshark

TRIAKIDAE

Gray, 1851

Galeorhinus galeus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Tope shark

Mustelus canis

(Mitchell, 1815)

Dusky smooth-hound

Triakis megalopterus

(Smith, 1849)

Sharptooth houndshark

CARCHARHINIDAE

Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Scoliodon laticaudus

Müller & Henle, 1839