Can you name the common name of a shark from each family of shark??

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Scientific name (Family)Species (Common Name)IUCN Conservation Status
RhincodontidaeVulnerable
CarcharhinidaeNear Threatened
HexanchidaeNear Threatened
LamnidaeVulnerable
CetorhinidaeVulnerable
GinglymostomatidaeVulnerable
Odontaspididae Vulnerable
SqualidaeLeast Concern
SphyrnidaeEndangered
HemiscylliidaeLeast Concern
AlopiidaeVulnerable
CentrophoridaeVulnerable
DalatiidaeLeast Concern
MegachasmidaeData Deficient
EchinorhinidaeData Deficient
EtmopterinaeLeast Concern
OxynotinaeVulnerable
SomniosinaeNear Threatened
Scientific name (Family)Species (Common Name)IUCN Conservation Status
HeterodontidaeLeast Concern
PristiophoridaeLeast Concern
SquatinidaeCritically Endangered
BrachaeluridaeLeast Concern
Chlamydoselachidae Near Threatened
OrectolobidaeNear Threatened
ParascylliidaeLeast Concern
StegostomatidaeVulnerable
HemigaleidaeData Deficient
LeptochariidaeNear Threatened
ProscylliidaeData Deficient
PseudotriakidaeData Deficient
ScyliorhinidaeVulnerable
TriakidaeLeast Concern
MitsukurinidaeLeast Concern
OdontaspididaeVulnerable
PseudocarchariidaeNear Threatened
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Species of Shark Quiz

  1. by SharkRescuers
  • Created Aug 16, 2011 in Science
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