Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Also Known As Great white, Great white shark, White pointer	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks	---	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
	Tope Shark Galeorhinus galeus Also Known As School Shark, Soupfin Shark, Snapper Shark	Species Category Fish Sharks	ESA Candidate	Region West Coast
Image	Striped Smoothhound Shark Mustelus fasciatus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Spiny Angelshark Squatina guggenheim	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Smoothback Angelshark Squatina oculata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
	Smalltail Shark Carcharhinus porosus	Species Category Fish Sharks	ESA Candidate	Region Southeast
Image	Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Sharks	CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna lewini	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Threatened ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex III	Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Sawback Angelshark Squatina aculeata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus Also Known As Thickskin shark, Brown shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Pacific Spiny Dogfish Squalus suckleyi Also Known As Dogfish, Spring dogfish, Spiked dogfish, Grayfish, Spur dog, Piked dogfish	Species Category Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Also Known As Mako shark, Blue pointer, Bonito shark, Pacific mako shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus Also Known As Thresher shark, Fox shark, Sea fox, Swingletail, Whiptail shark, Thintail shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Narrownose Smoothhound Shark Mustelus schmitti	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Threatened - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Daggernose Shark Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign CITES Appendix II	Region Foreign
Image	Common Angelshark Squatina squatina	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Bonnethead Shark Sphyrna tiburo Also Known As Bonnet hammerhead, Bonnet shark, Bonnetnose shark, Shovelhead	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Blacknose Shark Carcharhinus acronotus	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias Also Known As Dogfish shark, Cape dogfish, Cape shark, Spring dogfish, Spiked dogfish, Grayfish, Spur dog, Piked dogfish	Species Category Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Also Known As Mako shark, Blue pointer, Bonito shark, Atlantic mako shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae Also Known As Newfoundland shark, Sharp-nosed shark, White shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus Also Known As Thresher shark, Fox shark, Sea fox, Swingletail, Whiptail shark, Thintail shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus Also Known As Black fin shark, Blacktip whaler, Common blacktip shark, Gray shark, Requiem shark, Small blacktip shark, Spot-fin ground shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Argentine Angelshark Squatina argentina	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign