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🇯🇵 JapanViper dogfish A rare deep-sea shark with fang-like teeth and light-producing organs.Shark · Deep sea · 1990

WorldSpiny dogfish A temperate shark with dorsal spines and a long lifespan, heavily fished for food.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1758

🇨🇴 Colombia and 1 moreDwarf lanternshark The world's smallest shark, a bioluminescent dogfish from the Caribbean deep slope.Shark · Deep sea · 1985

EuropeVelvet belly lanternshark Small bioluminescent shark of the deep AtlanticShark · Open ocean · 1758

WorldKitefin shark A deep-sea squaliform shark known for its bioluminescence and large oil-filled liver.Shark · Deep sea · 1788

WorldSmall-spotted catshark A common shallow-water shark found across the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.Shark · Coasts and shelves

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

Viper dogfish: Yzx , previous version by Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dwarf lanternshark: Tambja, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Velvet belly lanternshark: Etrusko25, Public domain, source
Kitefin shark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Spiny dogfish: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS, Public domain, source
Small-spotted catshark: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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