This species are formally known as chimeras and informally as the spookfish. They are a small group of cartilaginous fishes. This species of sharks have been around for over 400 million years. Although they are called ghost sharks, they are not true sharks. These species spent most their time below the sea at a depth […]
SharkoFiles: Great Hammerhead
The great hammerhead has worldwide distribution in tropical waters. It is the largest of all hammerheads, attaining a maximum length of 20 feet. Its unique feature to other hammerheads is its nearly straight hammer-shaped head. They are apex predators, solitary and migrate long distances. In terms of growth rate, this species has a faster growth […]
SharkoFiles: Cookiecutter Shark
The cookiecutter shark belongs to the sleeper shark family. In appearance, this shark resembles dogfish sharks. Because of its long, thin body structure, it is nicknamed cigar shark. The shark earns its name because it leaves a cookie shaped wound on the body of its prey. Despite being a small shark, the cookiecutter has the […]
SharkoFiles: Bluntnose Sixgill
The Sixgill shark is one of the primitive species of sharks with close relatives that dated back to roughly 200 million years ago. They are known as Sixgill sharks because unlike most sharks with typical five gill slits, they have six gill slits. They generally are powerfully built and have a characteristic round, blunt snout, […]
SharkoFiles: Basking Sharks
Based on size, the basking shark is the second largest fish in the world. They can grow as long as 40 feet. This shark earned its name from its habit of sunning itself on the surface, back awash with its dorsal fin fully exposed. In some areas, such as Scotland and Ireland, they are known […]
SharkoFiles: Great White Shark
The great white shark is perhaps the best known and most chronicled shark in the ocean. Also known as White Shark, White Pointer or White Death, they are called the Great White because of their snow white underbellies. Due to their perceived notoriety and worldwide fame as the shark being responsible for the greatest number […]
SharkoFiles: Bonnethead Shark
The Bonnethead sharks are the second smallest shark in the hammerhead family. They bore close resemblance to their much bigger relatives, the hammerhead sharks, but are distinguished by their considerably narrow head which is much more rounded in the front. These morphological features earn these sharks the nickname shovelhead sharks. Based on their morphological features, […]
SharkoFiles: Bull Shark
The Bull sharks are common sharks who are known for their aggressive behaviors and often live near highly populated areas such as tropical shorelines. Alongside the great whites and tiger sharks, the bull sharks are considered to be the most likely shark species to attack humans. According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), bull […]
SharkoFiles: Spiny Dogfish
The name of the spiny dogfish shark is derived from the sharp, venomous spines in front of each dorsal fin of the shark.
SharkoFiles: Spinner Shark
The spinner shark is a fast and agile predator. Among the shark species, spinner shark method of feeding is unique by spinning out of the water in quick bursts of speed to catch a prey. The spinner shark’s body is slender and often mistaken for a Blacktip shark due to its grey or black tip […]