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The search for sharks in: "West coast of Africa" resulted in 68 hits on 4 pages.
English name
Scientific name
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Angelshark
Squatina squatina
Angular roughshark
Oxynotus centrina
Atlantic weasel shark
Paragaleus pectoralis
Barbeled houndshark
Leptocharias smithii
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
Bigeye sandtiger
Odontaspis noronhai
Bigeye thresher
Alopias superciliosus
Bignose shark
Carcharhinus altimus
Birdbeak dogfish
Deania calceus
Blackmouth catshark
Galeus melastomus
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Hexanchus griseus
Bramble shark
Echinorhinus brucus
Broadnose sevengill shark
Notorynchus cepedianus
Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Cookiecutter shark
Isistius brasiliensis
Copper shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus
Crocodile shark
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
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