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Ground Sharks. Order Carcharhiniformes |
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Page 6 of 6 Species of Ground Sharks, page 3 of 3Red indicates inclusion on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Order Carcharhiniformes - Ground Sharks
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| Common name | | Family Hemigaleidae - Weasel Sharks -8 species | | Genus Chaenogaleus | Chaenogaleus macrostoma | Hooktooth Shark | | Genus Hemigaleus | Hemigaleus australiensis
| Australian Weasel Shark | Hemigaleus microstoma
| Sicklefin Weasel Shark | Hemipristis elongatus
| Snaggletooth Shark | | Genus Paragaleus | Paragaleus leucolomatus
| Whitetip Weasel Shark | Paragaleus pectoralis
| Atlantic Weasel Shark | Paragaleus randalli
| Slender Weasel Shark | Paragaleus tengi
| Straighttooth Weasel Shark | Family Carcharhinidae - Whaler Sharks - 54 species
| Genus Carcharhinus
| Carcharhinus acronotus
| Blacknose Shark | Carcharhinus albimarginatus
| Silvertip Shark | Carcharhinus altimus
| Bignose Shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
| Graceful Shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
| Grey Reef Shark | Carcharhinus amboinensis
| Java Shark | Carcharhinus borneensis
| Borneo Shark | Carcharhinus brachyurus
| Bronze Whaler | Carcharhinus brevipinna
| Spinner Shark | Carcharhinus cautus
| Nervous Shark | Carcharhinus dussumieri
| Whitecheek Shark | Carcharhinus falciformis
| Silky Shark | Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
| Creek Whaler | Carcharhinus galapagensis
| Galapagos Shark | Carcharhinus hemiodon
| Pondicherry Shark | Carcharhinus isodon
| Finetooth Shark | Carcharhinus leiodon
| Smoothhound Blacktip | Carcharhinus leucas
| Bull Shark | Carcharhinus limbatus
| Blacktip Shark | Carcharhinus longimanus
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Carcharhinus macloti
| Hardnose Shark | Carcharhinus melanopterus
| Blacktip Reef Shark | Carcharhinus obscurus
| Dusky Shark | Carcharhinus perezi
| Caribbean Reef Shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus
| Sandbar Shark | Carcharhinus porosus
| Smalltail Shark | Carcharhinus sealei
| Blackspot Shark | Carcharhinus signatus
| Night Shark | Carcharhinus sorrah
| Spottail Shark | Carcharhinus tilstoni
| Australian Blacktip Shark | Carcharhinus sp.
| False Smalltail Shark | Genus Galeocerdo
| Galeocerdo cuvier
| Tiger Shark | Genus Glyphis
| Glyphis gangeticus
| Ganges Shark | Glyphis glyphis
| Speartooth Shark | Glyphis siamensis
| Irrawaddy River Shark | Glyphis sp. A
| Bizant River Shark | Glyphis sp. B
| Borneo River Shark | Glyphis sp. C
| New Guinea River Shark | Genus Isogomphodon
| Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus
| Daggernose Shark | | Genus Lamiopsis | Lamiopsis temmincki
| Broadfin Shark | | Genus Loxodon | Loxodon macrorhinus
| Sliteye Shark | Genus Nasolamia
| Nasolamia velox
| Whitenose Shark | Genus Negaprion
| Negaprion acutidens
| Shapptooth Lemon Shark | Negaprion brevirostris
| Lemon Shark | Genus Prionace
| Prionace glauca
| Blue Shark | Genus Rhizoprionodon
| Rhizoprionodon acutus
| Milk Shark | Rhizoprionodon lalandi
| Brazilian Sharpnose Shark | Rhizoprionodon longuirio
| Pacific Sharpnose Shark | Rhizoprionodon oligolinx
| Grey Sharpnose Shark | Rhizoprionodon porosus
| Caribbean Sharpnose Shark | Rhizoprionodon taylori
| Australian Sharpnose Shark | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
| Atlantic Sharpnose Shark | | Genus Scoliodon | Scoliodon laticaudus
| Spadenose Shark | Genus Triaenodon
| Triaenodon obesus
| Whitetip Reef Shark | Family Sphyrnidae - Hammerhead Sharks -8 species
| | Genus Eusphyra | Eusphyra blochii
| Winghead Shark | | Genus Sphyrna | Sphyrna corona
| Mallethead Shark | Sphyrna lewini
| Scalloped Hammerhead | Sphyrna media
| Scoophead Shark | Sphyrna mokarran
| Great Hammerhead | Sphyrna tiburo
| Bonnethead Shark | Sphyrna tudes
| Smalleye Hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena
| Smooth Hammerhead |
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