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Endangered Sharks
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Top 20 endangered Shark species of the world
Data compiled from the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and FishBase.org
Endangered Shark Species
1. Ganges shark
2. Borneo shark
3. Basking shark - North Pacific & Northeast Atlantic sub-populations
4. Speartooth shark
5. Whitefin Topeshark
6. Angular Angel shark - Brazilian sub-population
7. Smoothback Angel shark
8. Spinner shark - Northwest Atlantic sub-population
9. Pondicherry shark
10. Smoothtooth Blacktip
11. Blacktip shark - Northwest Atlantic sub-population
12. Dusky shark - Northwest Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico sub-populations
13. Grey Nurse shark (aka Sand Tiger)
14. Great White shark
15. Gulper shark
16. Basking shark
17. School shark (aka Tope shark)
18. Bluegray Carpetshark
19. Porbeagle shark
20. Whale shark
Insufficient Data
(The sharks listed below have not had enough data collected about them to determine whether or not they are endangered.)
1. Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
2. Java shark (aka Pigeye) (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
3. Kitefin shark (Dalatias licha)
4. Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
5. Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
6. Broadnose Sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
7. Bigeye Sand Tiger (Odontaspis noronhai)
8. Narrowmouth Catshark (Schroederichthys bivius)
9. Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
10. Argentine Angel shark (Squatina argentina)
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