Shark protection projects

Projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

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Photo © Alexa Elliot

Photo © Alexa Elliot

Learn about sharks

Projects

The projects will tell us more about sharks

The projects will tell us more about sharks

The projects will tell us more about sharks

For example where and when they migrate

For example where and when they migrate

For example where and when they migrate

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Shark projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

Information on Grants

Information on Grants

Information on Grants

Photo © Matt Potensky

Photo © Matt Potensky

Photo © Matt Potensky

The shark species "Roughskin dogfish"

Photo

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Range Map

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

Animals (Animalia)

Phylum:

Vertebrates (Chordata)

Class:

Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)

Order:

Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)

Family:

Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae)

Genus:

Centroscymnus

Names

Scientific:

Centroscymnus owstonii

English:

Roughskin dogfish

German:

Rauhaut-Glattfisch

French:

Pailona Rapeux

Spanish:

Sapata Lija

Vulnerability

Category: Vulnerable (VU)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2018
Trend:

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