NAMES OF FISHES 



COMMON NAME 



OCCURRENCE 



SCIENTIFIC NAME 



White shark A-P Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus) 



Basking shark A-P Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus) 



Bonito shark P I sums glaucus (Miiller and Henle) 



Make A I sums oxyrinchus Rafinesque 



Salmon shark P Lamna ditropis Hubbs and Follett 



Porbeagle A Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre) 



Orectolobidae — nurse sharks 

 Nurse shark A Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre) 



Rhincodontidae — whale sharks 

 Whale shark A-P Rhincodon typus Smith 



Scyliorhinidae — cat sharks 



Brown cat shark P Apristurus bmnneus (Gilbert) 



Swell shark P Cephaloscy Ilium uier (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Filetail cat shark P Parmatums xaniurus (Gilbert) 



False cat shark A Pseudotriakis microdon Brito Capello 



Chain dogfish A Scyliorhinus retifer (Garman) 



Carcharhinidae — requiem sharks 



Finetooth shark A Aprionodon isodon (Miiller and Henle) 



Blacknose shark A Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey) 



Bignose shark A Carcharhinus altima (Springer) 



Roundnose shark P Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert and Starks) 



Sickle shark A Carcharhinus falciformis (Miiller and Henle) 



Silky shark A Carcharhinus floridanus Bigelow, 



Schroeder, and Springer 



Bay shark P Carcharhinus lamiella (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Bull shark A Carcharhinus leucas (Miiller and Henle) 



Blacktip shark A Carcharhinus limbatus (Miiller and Henle) 



Whitetip shark A Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey) 



Spinner shark A Carcharhinus maculipinnis (Poey) 



Sandbar shark A Carcharhinus milberti (Miiller and Henle) 



Dusky shark A Carcharhinus obscurus (LeSueur) 



Smalltail shark A Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani) 



Narrowtooth shark P Carcharhinus remotus (Dumeril) 



Tiger shark A-P Galeocerdo cuvieri (Peron and LeSueur) 



Soupfin shark P Galeorhinus zyoptems Jordan and Gilbert 



Night shark A Hypoprion signatus Poey 



Gray smoothhound P Mustelus californicus Gill 



Smooth dogfish A Mustelus canis (Mitchill) 



Sicklefin smoothhound P Mustelus lunulatus Jordan and Gilbert 



Florida smoothhound A Mustelus norrisi Springer 



Lemon shark A Negaprion hrevirostris (Poey) 



Blue shark A-P Prionace glauca (Linnaeus) 



Pacific sharpnose shark P Scoliodon longurio (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Atlantic sharpnose shark A Scoliodon terraenovae (Richardson) 



Brown smoothhound P Triakis henlei (Gill) 



Leopard shark P Triakis semifasciata Girard 



Sphyrnidae — hammerhead sharks 



Scalloped hammerhead A-P Sphyrna lewini (Griffith) 



Great haimnerhead A Sphyrna mokarran (Riippell) 



