Class: Chondrichthyes - 8 extant orders

Species on page: (out of 550 genera and 3500 species)

Order: Lamniformes

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Galápagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)

See also:

Gansbaai - Shark cage diving 2016

Gansbaai - Shark cage diving 2013

Order: Lamniformes Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Gansbaai 2013 - shark cage diving - with lots more great white photos.

Great white!

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Marine Dynamics Shark Tours
Gansbaai
June 5, 2013

Shark!

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Marine Dynamics Shark Tours
Gansbaai
June 5, 2013

Great white in stamp form

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Namibian stamps
From Etosha
Namibia
November 25, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Smallpox safari encounters another predator

California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco
September, 2009

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

(Notice how it is really no big deal in Australia.)
The common names are misleading as tiger sharks and nurse sharks often refer to other species.

Cape Town 2013

True to its name (at least in South Africa)

Carcharias taurus
Two Oceans Aquarium
Cape Town
May 30, 2013

Straight for the neck

Carcharias taurus
Two Oceans Aquarium
Cape Town
May 30, 2013

Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)

Hammerheads

Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini)
Family: Sphyrnidae
Gordon Rocks
Galápagos 2018
July 6, 2018
GoPro Hero6 black

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Whitetip reef shark

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Canon Powershot D10 underwater camera
Galápagos 2010
July 28, 2010

White-tipped

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 9, 2018
GoPro Hero6 black

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 9, 2018
Olympus Tough TG5

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 9, 2018
Olympus Tough TG5

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Black-tipped

Galápagos 2018
July 9, 2018
GoPro Hero6 black

Shadowy predator of the shallows

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Isabela Island
Galápagos 2018
July 10, 2018
Canon 7Dmarkii

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Ant Atoll
June 3, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5

Under the sea

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Ant Atoll
June 3, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5

Sharks

Blacktipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

The Galápagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)

Galapagos shark

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Gardener Bay, Española
Galápagos 2018
July 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Galapagos shark

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Gardener Bay, Española
Galápagos 2018
July 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Galapagos shark

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Gardener Bay, Española
Galápagos 2018
July 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Misc

Tiburon

Sharks
Drawing by Zarek
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015

Sharking artwork

Shark
Pohnpei
May 31, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Related pages

Animals

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Last modified: April 9, 2023
Created: June 1, 2013 (from fish.html - oh the irony :D)
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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