All the sharks
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50 sharks
Angelshark
Person-sized · up to 2.4 m
In serious danger (Critically Endangered)
Basking shark
Giant · up to 10 m
In danger (Endangered)
Bigeye thresher
Bigger than a car · up to 4.9 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Blacktip reef shark
Person-sized · up to 1.8 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Blacktip shark
Person-sized · up to 2.8 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Blue shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.8 m
Close to trouble (Near Threatened)
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Bigger than a car · up to 5.5 m
Close to trouble (Near Threatened)
Bonnethead
Person-sized · up to 1.5 m
In danger (Endangered)
Broadnose sevengill shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Bull shark
Bigger than a car · up to 4 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Caribbean reef shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3 m
In danger (Endangered)
Common thresher shark
Bigger than a car · up to 5.7 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Cookiecutter shark
Pocket-sized · up to 56 cm
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Crocodile shark
Person-sized · up to 1.1 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Dwarf lanternshark
Pocket-sized · up to 21 cm
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Epaulette shark
Person-sized · up to 1.1 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Frilled shark
Person-sized · up to 2 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Galapagos shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.3 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Goblin shark
Bigger than a car · up to 4 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Great hammerhead
Giant · up to 6.1 m
In serious danger (Critically Endangered)
Great white shark
Giant · up to 6 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Greenland shark
Bigger than a car · up to 5.5 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Grey reef shark
Person-sized · up to 2.5 m
In danger (Endangered)
Horn shark
Person-sized · up to 1.2 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Kitefin shark
Person-sized · up to 1.6 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Lemon shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.4 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Leopard shark
Person-sized · up to 2.0 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Megamouth shark
Bigger than a car · up to 5.5 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Nurse shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.1 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Oceanic whitetip shark
Bigger than a car · up to 4 m
In serious danger (Critically Endangered)
Porbeagle
Bigger than a car · up to 3 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Port Jackson shark
Person-sized · up to 1.6 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Pyjama shark
Person-sized · up to 1.0 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Salmon shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.0 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Sandbar shark
Person-sized · up to 2.5 m
In danger (Endangered)
Sand tiger shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.3 m
In serious danger (Critically Endangered)
Scalloped hammerhead
Bigger than a car · up to 4.3 m
In serious danger (Critically Endangered)
Shortfin mako
Bigger than a car · up to 4.5 m
In danger (Endangered)
Silky shark
Bigger than a car · up to 3.5 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Small-spotted catshark
Person-sized · up to 1 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Smooth hammerhead
Bigger than a car · up to 5 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Spined pygmy shark
Pocket-sized · up to 25 cm
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Spiny dogfish
Person-sized · up to 2 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Spotted wobbegong
Bigger than a car · up to 3.2 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Swell shark
Person-sized · up to 1.1 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Tasselled wobbegong
Person-sized · up to 1.8 m
Doing okay (Least Concern)
Tiger shark
Bigger than a car · up to 5.5 m
Close to trouble (Near Threatened)
Whale shark
Giant · up to 12 m
In danger (Endangered)
Whitetip reef shark
Person-sized · up to 1.6 m
In trouble (Vulnerable)
Zebra shark
Person-sized · up to 2.5 m
In danger (Endangered)