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Transcript of Shark Diversity Sharks come in many shapes, sizes, and colours. SARASOTA FINS © 2015 .
Shark DiversitySharks come in many shapes, sizes, and colours.
SARASOTA FINS © 2015 www.sarasotafins.weebly.com
How many sharks species do you think there are?
SHARK FACT: There are currently 513* species of
sharks! (*since September 27 2015)
SHARK FACT: There are even freshwater sharks!
Living sharks are categorized in 8 groups
Orders:o Squatiniformes o Pristiophoriformes o Squaliformes o Carcharhiniformes o Lamniformes o Orectolobiformeso Heterodontiformes o Hexanchiformes
Wow, those
names are way too
long!
You’re right… they’re way too hard to remember!
So, we decided to have you meet a few of the sharks in each group!
WHALE SHARK•Size: 5.5 - 10 meters (18 - 32.8 feet)
•Weight: Average is about 18.7 tonnes (20.6 tons)
•What they eat: Plankton and other small animals!
•Protection status: Threatened
•Did you know?
The largest whale shark ever measured was 12.2 meter (40 feet) long!
SPINY DOGFISH• Size: 1.0 -1.4 m (3.28 – 4.6 ft)
• What they eat: Small fish, squid, crabs, crabs and sharks/shark eggs.
• Protection status: Vulnerable
• Did you know?
Because of their relatively large numbers, spiny dogfish are among the best-known,
and most frequently studied, sharks.
MEGAMOUTH SHARK
•Size: up to 5.5 m (18 ft)
•Weight: Weighs of up to 1,215 kg (2,679 lb)
•What they eat: Plankton and other small animals!
•Protection status: Data Deficient
•Did you know?
There have only been 60 of these sharks ever found!
VELVET BELLY LANTERN SHARK
•Size: maximum length is 60 cm (24 in)
•What they eat: Krill and small bony fish
•Protection status: Near Threatened
•Did you know?
These sharks have glowing bellies, which helps makes them invisible to animals that want to eat them if the animal looks up!
BASKING SHARK•Size: 6–8 m (20–26 ft)
•Weight: 5.2 tons
•What they eat: Plankton and other small animals!
•Protection status: Vulnerable
•Did you know?
This is the UK’s biggest shark!
GREAT WHITE SHARK•Size: 4–5.2 m (13–17 ft)
•Weight: 680–1,100 kg (1,500–2,430 lbs)
•What they eat: Fish, squid, sea mammals, other sharks
•Protection status: Vulnerable
•Did you know?
Great white sharks are one of the sharks that can leap out of the water (called “breaching”).
TIGER SHARK•Size: 3.25–4.25 m (10 ft, 8 in–13 ft, 11 in)
•Weight: 385–635 kg (849–1,400 lb)
•What they eat: Fish, sea snakes, turtles, other sharks
•Protection status: Near Threatened
•Did you know?
They once found a suit of armor in a tiger shark’s stomach!
BIG EYE THRESHER SHARK•Size: gets up to 6.1 metres (20 ft)
•Weight: over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb)
•What they eat: Fish, squid and cuttlefish
•Protection status: Vulnerable
•Did you know?
There are four species of thresher shark!
ANGEL SHARKS
•Size: up to 1.5 m (about 5 ft)
•Weight: over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb)
•What they eat: Fish, molluscs and crabs
•Did you know?
There are 23 species of angel sharks!
PRICKLY DOGFISH•Size: don’t reach up to 0.30 m (1 ft) long
•What they eat: Small fish
•Protection status: Unknown
•Did you know?
These sharks are found off Australia/New Zealand.
BLUE SHARK•Size: around 1.82 -3.3 m (6 -10.8 ft)
•Weight: 7 – 182 kg(60 -401 lbs)
•What they eat: Fish, lobster, shrimp, crab
•Protection status: Near Threatened
•Did you know?
There have been pictures of California seal lions eating blue sharks!
PORT JACKSON SHARK•Size: no bigger than 137 cm (53.9 inches)
•What they eat: Small fish, crabs and molluscs
•Protection status: Least Concern
•Did you know?
These sharks are only found in Australia!
CORAL CATSHARK•Size: up to 0.70 m (2.3 ft)
•What they eat: Small fish, crabs and molluscs
•Protection status: Near Threatened
•Did you know?
The coral catshark is also known as “Pintarrojia” in Spanish.
ZEBRA SHARK•Size: get up to 2.5 m (8 ft)
•What they eat: Molluscs, crustaceans, fish, sea snakes
•Protection status: Vulnerable
•Did you know?
The zebra shark is black-and-white striped when younger, hence it’s name.
PYJAMA SHARK•Size: grow up to 1.1 m (3.6 ft)
•What they eat: Small fish, squid, cephalopods
•Protection status: Near Threatened
•Did you know?
You can only find these sharks in South Africa!
Those are just a few of our sharks!
Did any of these sharks surprise you?
Which is your favorite?