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Triakidae

4 fish on EveryFish name Triakidae among their families.

WorldSchool shark A temperate houndshark valued for liver oil and meat.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇦🇺 AustraliaGummy shark A bottom-dwelling shark from southern Australia known for its crushing teeth and commercial fillets.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreLeopard shark A coastal Pacific houndshark with black saddle markings and spots.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1854

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

School shark: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
Gummy shark: F. Schönfeld, Public domain, source
Leopard shark: Mfield , Matthew Field, www.photography.mattfield.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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