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

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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

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Photo © Matt Potensky

Photo © Matt Potensky

The shark species "Southern African Frilled Shark"

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Range Map

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

Animals (Animalia)

Phylum:

Vertebrates (Chordata)

Class:

Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)

Order:

Frilled and cow sharks (Hexanchiformes)

Family:

Frilled sharks (Chlamydoselachidae)

Genus:

Chlamydoselachus

Names

Scientific:

Chlamydoselachus africana

English:

Southern African Frilled Shark

German:

Südafrikanischer Kragenhai

Vulnerability

Category: Least Concern (LC)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2019
Trend:

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