Requiem Shark
Habitat: warm coastal waters and coral reefs
Location: world-wide
Size: range between 3-18 feet
Description: Requiem sharks have round eyes and five gill slits. They are gray or brown; however, most often they have a lighter underbelly. Most are more active during the night.
Diet: sharks, rays, squids, octopuses, lobsters, turtles, marine mammals, sea birds, and sometimes garbage
Feeding Habits: strong swimmers
Status: Near Threatened
Threatened by: human consumption, and fining
Location: world-wide
Size: range between 3-18 feet
Description: Requiem sharks have round eyes and five gill slits. They are gray or brown; however, most often they have a lighter underbelly. Most are more active during the night.
Diet: sharks, rays, squids, octopuses, lobsters, turtles, marine mammals, sea birds, and sometimes garbage
Feeding Habits: strong swimmers
Status: Near Threatened
Threatened by: human consumption, and fining
Less Common Species:
Bignose Shark: gray shark with long, broad nose
Blacknose Shark: dark spot on nose, hunch body when threatened
Blackspot Shark: status: near threatened
Borneo Shark: blackspot beneath snout, status: endangered
Bronzer Whaler: seasonally migration, status: near threatened
Dusky Shark: status: near threatened
Finetooth Shark: travel in large schools
Hardnose Shark: long pointed snout, status: near threatened
Galapagos Shark: hunch body when threatened, status: near threatened
Graceful Shark: often black-tipped fins, status: near threatened
Milk Shark: status: least concern
Nervous Shark: skittish and timid around people
Night Shark: live in school, migrate along bottom during the night
Pondicherry Shark: status: critically endangered
Spadenose: unmistakeably spade-shaped nose, status: near threatened
Spottail Shark: blackspot on back tail
Whitecheek Shark: status: near threatened
Bignose Shark: gray shark with long, broad nose
Blacknose Shark: dark spot on nose, hunch body when threatened
Blackspot Shark: status: near threatened
Borneo Shark: blackspot beneath snout, status: endangered
Bronzer Whaler: seasonally migration, status: near threatened
Dusky Shark: status: near threatened
Finetooth Shark: travel in large schools
Hardnose Shark: long pointed snout, status: near threatened
Galapagos Shark: hunch body when threatened, status: near threatened
Graceful Shark: often black-tipped fins, status: near threatened
Milk Shark: status: least concern
Nervous Shark: skittish and timid around people
Night Shark: live in school, migrate along bottom during the night
Pondicherry Shark: status: critically endangered
Spadenose: unmistakeably spade-shaped nose, status: near threatened
Spottail Shark: blackspot on back tail
Whitecheek Shark: status: near threatened
