Directory of Carcharhiniformes Resources

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Includes catsharks, houndsharks, weasel sharks, requiem sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Well-known species include bull sharks, tiger sharks, blue sharks, and whitetip reef sharks.

Resources in This Category

• Anatomy of a shoot: Lemon sharks in feeding frenzy

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16393272
  The BBC reports on lemon sharks using other predators to assist hunting.

• Blue Shark: Prionace glauca

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Prionace_glauca.htm
  Drawing of this species and its teeth, its description and information on its habits and range.

• Blue Shark: Prionace glauca

  http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Brown Shark: Carcharhinus milberti

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Carcharhinus_milberti.htm
  Description of this species, also known as the sandbar shark, and information on its range and occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.

• Bull Shark

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Carcharhinus_leucas.html
  Description and natural history of Carcharhinus leucas from the Animal Diversity Web.

• Bull Shark: Carcharhinus leucas

  http://www.arkive.org/bull-shark/carcharhinus-leucas/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Carcharcinus leucas

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/knutson_benj/
  Research project by Ben Knutson on the Bull Shark, including its classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition, life cycle and interactions with other species.

• Carcharhiniformes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharhiniformes
  Information from Wikipedia on this large order of sharks.

• Chain Dogfish: Scyliorhinus retifer

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Scyliorhinus_retifer.htm
  Drawing of this small species, its description and information on its range.

• Common Hammerhead: Sphyrna zygaena

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Sphyrna_zygaena.htm
  Drawings of this shark, its teeth and its head from below, and information on its appearance and range.

• Coral Catshark: Atelomycterus marmoratus - ARKive

  http://www.arkive.org/coral-catshark/atelomycterus-marmoratus/
  Video, photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Dusky Shark: Carcharhinus obscurus

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Carcharhinus_obscurus.htm
  Drawings of this species and its teeth, its description and information on its habits and range.

• Great Hammerhead Shark

  http://www.arkive.org/great-hammerhead/sphyrna-mokarran/
  Photographs and video clips of this species and information on its biology and status.

• Sharp Nosed Shark: Scoliodon terrae-novae

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Scoliodon_terrae-novae.htm
  Drawing of this species, its description and its range.

• Sharptooth Lemon Shark: Negaprion acutidens

  http://www.arkive.org/sharptooth-lemon-shark/negaprion-acutidens/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Shovelhead: Sphyrna tiburo

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Sphyrna_tiburo.htm
  Drawing of this species, also known as the bonnet head shark, its description and information on its range.

• Smooth Dogfish: Mustelus canis

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Mustelus_canis.htm
  Drawing of this species and its teeth, its description and information on its habits and range.

• Tiger Shark Research

  http://www2.hawaii.edu/~carlm/tigershark.html
  A description of the research being done on sharks at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

• Tiger Shark: Galeocerdo cuvier

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Galeocerdo_cuvier.htm
  Drawing of this species, also known as the leopard shark, and its teeth, its description and information on its habits and range.

• Tiger Shark: Galeocerdo cuvier

  http://www.arkive.org/tiger-shark/galeocerdo-cuvier/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

 

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