Mustelus henlei This small, slender shark has a long snout, large eyes, triangular fins and an asymmetrical, notched caudal (tail) fin. It prefers coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, usually muddy or sandy bottoms of bays, solitary or schooling with other species of small sharks. It is a
Danger to Humans This small shark is considered harmless to humans.
Haploblepharus fuscus These elongated torpedo-shaped sharks rarely grow longer than 24 inches from rounded snout to stout caudal (tail) fin. They prefer resting on the rocky seafloor off of coastal South Africa, scavenging invertebrates and small fishes. Like most catsharks, they have oval cat-li
Danger to Humans Due to is small size and feeding habits, this small shark is considered
Centrophorus granulosus These deep-water sharks have a slow reproduction rate, so are at risk for exploitation. They are long and slender dogfish, rarely larger than 5 feet, with two dorsal fins, and green eyes. They migrate and appear to school in small groups, but there is a lot about their lif
Danger to Humans This shark poses no threat to humans due to its deep water habitat
Carcharhinus altimus This plain grey shark has a broad, bluntly pointed snout with prominent nostril flaps, hence its name. It mostly lives off shore, eating bony fish and other elasmobranch (smaller sharks and rays) from near the sea floor. Because of its deep water habitat, it is considered a l
Danger to Humans Although this shark is large, it poses little threat to humans
The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center has a new director! Michelle LeFebvre, curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, as well as Caribbean archaeology, at the Florida Museum of Natural History, began her three-year tenure as director in July. The Randell Research Center was estab
Life on Earth Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger
Neotrygon kuhlii The slightly diamond shaped disc of this stingray tends to be red-brown to green-yellow on top, with bright blue spots and small black spots, and a darker brown bar across its eye region. It is often confused with the bluespotted ribbontail ray, but the bluespotted stingray has a
Danger to Humans Members of the Dasyatidae family generally do not attack in an
Cephaloscyllium laticeps This thick, stout shark is recognizable for its medium-brown body covered in irregular darker blotches and spots, and their elongated, cat-like eyes. It is nocturnal and sedentary, and when threatened, can suck air and water into its body to inflate itself and look bigger
Danger to Humans Catsharks, including the Australian swellshark, are considered
Raja miraletus These rays have wide, diamond-shaped pectoral discs that are brown to reddish-brown and covered in dark spots, and two distinct eye spots in rich blue outlined in dark purple and then light yellow. From pointed snout to stout tail, they can grow to around 24 inches long, and it has
Danger to Humans The brown ray is considered harmless to humans.
Poroderma africanum This small nocturnal shark prefers the coastal waters off of southern Africa where it hunts crustaceans and small bony fish at night. It is gray with seven dark stripes that run from head to tail, and has gray lobed fins set further back toward the asymmetrical caudal fin than
Danger to Humans Striped catsharks are often caught as bycatch by bottom trawlers
Rhinobatos rhinobatos Guitarfish seem to be somewhere between sharks and rays, with an elongated tubular body and fins on the torso and tail, and a wide, flat pectoral disc at their head. This guitarfish grows to around 55 to 64 inches long, and is chocolate brown on top and white underneath, ide
Danger to Humans The common guitarfish is considered harmless to humans.
