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| SPINED PYGMY SHARK |
Fast Facts About The Spined Pygmy Shark
Size: 8.7 to 11 inches (22 to 28 cm)Location: Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans
Depth: 1,600 feet (500 meters) during the day, 660 feet (200 meters) at night.
Unique Feature: With only 60 vertebrae, or backbones, this shark has the least of any other shark species.
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| PRICKLY SHARK |
Fast Facts About The Prickly Shark
Size: Up to 13.1 feet (4 meters)Location: Coastal areas in the Pacific Ocean.
Depth: 330 to 2,130 feet (100 to 650 meters)
Unique Feature: It is densely covered, meaning thickly covered, by thorn-like dermal denticles, which is another name for scales. This feature is what gives the Prickly Shark its name.
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| SPINNER SHARK |
Fast Facts About The Spinner Shark
Size: 6.4 feet long (2.13 meters)Weight: Up to 198 pounds (90 kg).
Location: The western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
Depth: From the surface down to 330 feet (100 meters)
Unique Feature: It spins out of the water as it feeds on schools of fish near the surface of the ocean.
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| PIGEYE SHARK |
Facts About The Pigeye Shark
Size: 6.2 to 8.2 feet (1.9 to 2.5 meters)Location: Atlantic and western Indo-Pacific Oceans
Depth: 490 feet (150 meters)
Unique Feature: If you see a shark that looks just like this one swimming in a river, it is probably not the Pigeye Shark, but its twin, the Bull Shark. The Pigeye Shark does not swim through rivers whereas the Bull Shark does.
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| CROCODILE SHARK |
Fast Facts About The Crocodile Shark
Size: 3.3 feet (just over 1 meter)Weight: 9 to 13 pounds (4 to 60 kg)
Location: In tropical waters worldwide
Depth: From the surface to 1,940 feet (590 meters)
Unique Feature: With small, non-cutting teeth, this shark is not a threat to humans.
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| MILK SHARK |
Fast Facts About The Milk Shark
Size: 3.6 feet (1.1 meters)Weight: The record is 49 pounds (22 kg) for a male and 37 pounds (17 kg) for a female
Location: Coastal tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific Oceans.
Depth: From the surface to 660 feet (200 meters)
Unique Feature: There are more Milk Sharks swimming near shores than any other shark within its range.
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