Search: Rhinidae
WorldMilk shark
A small coastal requiem shark found in tropical waters worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1837
WorldCretoxyrhina
Extinct Cretaceous mackerel shark known as the Ginsu sharkShark · Open ocean · 1822
WorldBasking shark
The second-largest living fish, a slow-moving filter feeder found in temperate oceans worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1765
WorldSilky shark
A fast, migratory requiem shark found in tropical oceans worldwide.Shark · Open ocean · 1839
WorldRequiem shark
A family of migratory, live-bearing sharks found in warm seas worldwide.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1896
WorldBowmouth guitarfish
A large, thorny ray with a W-shaped mouth found in the western Indo-Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1801
WorldGiant guitarfish
A large coastal ray found in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, facing severe population declines.Ray · Coasts and shelves
WorldSpinner shark
A fast requiem shark known for spinning leaps out of water.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreCaribbean reef shark
Large requiem shark of western Atlantic coral reefsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1876
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreSpeartooth shark
Rare river shark of northern Australia and New GuineaShark · Rivers and lakes · 1839
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreNorthern river shark
Rare requiem shark of northern Australian and Papuan riversShark · Rivers and lakes · 2008
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSwell shark
A catshark that inflates its body for defenceShark · Coasts and shelves · 1880
WorldPigeye shark
A robust coastal requiem shark often confused with the bull shark.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1839
WorldBramble shark
A deep-sea shark with thorn-like skin scales.Shark · Open ocean · 1788
WorldSmall-spotted catshark
A common shallow-water shark found across the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.Shark · Coasts and shelves
WorldSandbar shark
Large coastal requiem shark with a high dorsal finShark · Coasts and shelves
WorldGalapagos shark
Large requiem shark of tropical oceanic islandsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1905
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Milk shark: Karunakar Rayker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cretoxyrhina: Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0, source
- Basking shark: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service, Public domain, source
- Silky shark: Alex Chernikh, CC BY 2.5, source
- Requiem shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bowmouth guitarfish: Rhina_ancylostoma.jpg : OpenCage derivative work: Yzx, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Giant guitarfish: Peter Giger, CC BY 2.0, source
- Spinner shark: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caribbean reef shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Speartooth shark: Bill Harrison, CC BY 2.0, source
- Swell shark: Cliff, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pigeye shark: Tassapon KRAJANGDARA, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bramble shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Small-spotted catshark: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sandbar shark: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Galapagos shark: Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, CC BY 4.0, source