1. Shark Diversity Sharks come in many shapes, sizes, and colours. SARASOTA FINS © 2015 www.sarasotafins.weebly.com

2. How many sharks species do you think there are? SHARK FACT: There are currently 513* species of sharks! (*since September 27 2015) SHARK FACT: There are even freshwater sharks!

3. Living sharks are categorized in 8 groups Orders: o Squatiniformes o Pristiophoriformes o Squaliformes o Carcharhiniformes o Lamniformes o Orectolobiformes o Heterodontiformes o Hexanchiformes Wow, those names are way too long!

4. You’re right… they’re way too hard to remember! So, we decided to have you meet a few of the sharks in each group!

5. WHALE SHARK Size: 5.5 - 10 meters (18 - 32.8 feet) Weight: Average is about 18.7 tonnes (20.6 tons) What they eat: Plankton and other small animals! Protection status: Threatened Did you know? The largest whale shark ever measured was 12.2 meter (40 feet) long!

6. SPINY DOGFISH Size: 1.0 -1.4 m (3.28 – 4.6 ft) What they eat: Small fish, squid, crabs, crabs and sharks/shark eggs. Protection status: Vulnerable Did you know? Because of their relatively large numbers, spiny dogfish are among the best-known, and most frequently studied, sharks.

7. MEGAMOUTH SHARK Size: up to 5.5 m (18 ft) Weight: Weighs of up to 1,215 kg (2,679 lb) What they eat: Plankton and other small animals! Protection status: Data Deficient Did you know? There have only been 60 of these sharks ever found!

8. VELVET BELLY LANTERN SHARK Size: maximum length is 60 cm (24 in) What they eat: Krill and small bony fish Protection status: Near Threatened Did you know? These sharks have glowing bellies, which helps makes them invisible to animals that want to eat them if the animal looks up!

9. BASKING SHARK Size: 6–8 m (20–26 ft) Weight: 5.2 tons What they eat: Plankton and other small animals! Protection status: Vulnerable Did you know? This is the UK’s biggest shark!

10. GREAT WHITE SHARK Size: 4–5.2 m (13–17 ft) Weight: 680–1,100 kg (1,500– 2,430 lbs) What they eat: Fish, squid, sea mammals, other sharks Protection status: Vulnerable Did you know? Great white sharks are one of the sharks that can leap out of the water (called “breaching”).

11. TIGER SHARK Size: 3.25–4.25 m (10 ft, 8 in– 13 ft, 11 in) Weight: 385–635 kg (849– 1,400 lb) What they eat: Fish, sea snakes, turtles, other sharks Protection status: Near Threatened Did you know? They once found a suit of armor in a tiger shark’s stomach!

12. BIG EYE THRESHER SHARK Size: gets up to 6.1 metres (20 ft) Weight: over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) What they eat: Fish, squid and cuttlefish Protection status: Vulnerable Did you know? There are four species of thresher shark!

13. ANGEL SHARKS Size: up to 1.5 m (about 5 ft) Weight: over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) What they eat: Fish, molluscs and crabs Did you know? There are 23 species of angel sharks!

14. PRICKLY DOGFISH Size: don’t reach up to 0.30 m (1 ft) long What they eat: Small fish Protection status: Unknown Did you know? These sharks are found off Australia/New Zealand.

15. BLUE SHARK Size: around 1.82 -3.3 m (6 -10.8 ft) Weight: 7 – 182 kg(60 -401 lbs) What they eat: Fish, lobster, shrimp, crab Protection status: Near Threatened Did you know? There have been pictures of California seal lions eating blue sharks!

16. PORT JACKSON SHARK Size: no bigger than 137 cm (53.9 inches) What they eat: Small fish, crabs and molluscs Protection status: Least Concern Did you know? These sharks are only found in Australia!

17. CORAL CATSHARK Size: up to 0.70 m (2.3 ft) What they eat: Small fish, crabs and molluscs Protection status: Near Threatened Did you know? The coral catshark is also known as “Pintarrojia” in Spanish.

18. ZEBRA SHARK Size: get up to 2.5 m (8 ft) What they eat: Molluscs, crustaceans, fish, sea snakes Protection status: Vulnerable Did you know? The zebra shark is black-and- white striped when younger, hence it’s name.

19. PYJAMA SHARK Size: grow up to 1.1 m (3.6 ft) What they eat: Small fish, squid, cephalopods Protection status: Near Threatened Did you know? You can only find these sharks in South Africa!

20. Those are just a few of our sharks! Did any of these sharks surprise you? Which is your favorite?