Name↕ | Ocean↕ | Max Length (m)↕ | Diet↕ | Danger to Humans↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Great White Shark | All major oceans | 6.1 | Seals, fish, sea turtles | High |
Whale Shark | Tropical and warm oceans | 18.8 | Plankton and small fish (filter feeder) | None |
Hammerhead Shark (Great) | Tropical and warm temperate | 6.1 | Stingrays, fish, squid | Low |
Tiger Shark | Tropical and subtropical | 5.5 | Almost anything (fish, turtles, seabirds, debris) | High |
Bull Shark | Tropical coastal and freshwater | 3.5 | Fish, dolphins, turtles | High |
Basking Shark | Temperate oceans worldwide | 12.3 | Plankton (filter feeder) | None |
Mako Shark (Shortfin) | Tropical and temperate | 4.5 | Fish, squid, other sharks | Moderate |
Blue Shark | All major oceans | 3.8 | Squid and small fish | Low |
Nurse Shark | Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | 4.3 | Small fish, crustaceans, mollusks | Very Low |
Thresher Shark | Tropical and temperate | 6 | Schooling fish and squid | Very Low |
Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Tropical and warm temperate | 4 | Fish, squid, seabirds | High |
Blacktip Reef Shark | Indo-Pacific | 1.8 | Small fish and crustaceans | Low |
Lemon Shark | Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | 3.4 | Fish, crustaceans, rays | Low |
Greenland Shark | North Atlantic and Arctic | 7.3 | Fish, seals, carrion | Very Low |
Goblin Shark | Deep Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian | 3.8 | Deep-sea fish, squid, crustaceans | None |
Leopard Shark | Eastern Pacific | 1.8 | Clams, crabs, small fish | None |
Porbeagle Shark | North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere | 3.7 | Fish and squid | Low |
Sand Tiger Shark | Subtropical and temperate | 3.2 | Fish, squid, crustaceans | Low |
Cookiecutter Shark | Tropical deep oceans | 0.5 | Parasitic bites from larger animals | Very Low |
Whitetip Reef Shark | Indo-Pacific | 1.6 | Reef fish, octopus, crustaceans | Very Low |
Silky Shark | Tropical oceans worldwide | 3.5 | Tuna, squid, schooling fish | Moderate |
Megamouth Shark | Tropical and temperate deep waters | 5.5 | Plankton and jellyfish (filter feeder) | None |
Hammerhead Shark (Scalloped) | Tropical and warm temperate | 4.3 | Fish, squid, octopus | Low |
Wobbegong (Spotted) | Western Pacific | 3.2 | Bottom-dwelling fish and octopus | Low |
Angel Shark | Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean | 2.4 | Fish, crustaceans, mollusks | Low (if provoked) |
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