Species

Below are a few of the species of sharks. They have been grouped into their behavioral characteristics, so you will know which sharks to fear and which to not.

Harmless

Harmless until provoked
  • Frilled shark
  • Prickly shark
  • California Hornshark
  • Port Jackson shark
  • Necklace Carpetshark
  • Blind shark
  • Epaulette shark
  • Zebra shark
  • Whale shark
  • Goblin shark
  • Megamouth shark
  • Pelagic Thresher
  • Coral Catshark
  • Striped Catshark
  • Small Spotted Catshark
  • Gummy shark
  • Soupfin shark
  • Leopard shark
  • Milk shark
  • Bonnethead shark
  • Caribbean Sharpnose shark
  • Bluntnose Sixgill shark
  • Common Sawshark
  • Pacific Angelshark
  • Tasselled Wobbegong
  • Nurse shark
  • Sand Tiger shark
  • Swell shark
  • Blacktip shark
  • Lemon shark

Potentially Dangerous

Dangerous
  • Broadnose Sevengill shark
  • Basking shark (when attacked)
  • Shortfin Mako shark
  • Salmon shark
  • Porbeagle
  • Gray Reef shark (if threatened)
  • Bronze Whaler
  • Silky shark
  • Galapagos shark
  • Oceanic Whitetip shark
  • Blacktip Reef shark
  • Caribbean Reef shark
  • Blue shark
  • Whitetip Reef shark
  • Scalloped Hammerhead
  • Smooth Hammerhead
  • Great White shark
  • Tigar shark
  • Bull shark
  • Bronze Whaler
  • Dusky shark
  • Great Hammerhead