Basking shark is the second largest species of shark(and fish)in the world behind the enormous whale shark. Basking sharks
are also commonly known as the sunfish, the elephant shark and the big mouth shark.
The basking shark is found inhabiting temperate coastal waters around the world, with the exception of the Indian Ocean. The
basking shark is one of only three plankton-feeding shark species and is the largest fish in British waters.
Bull sharks are mainly found in the warmer and shallower coastal waters of the southern hemisphere. The bull shark is one
of the most common species of shark found worldwide.
The bull shark is able to inhabit both salt and freshwater sources just as happily, with one bull shark known to have swum
4,000 km up the Amazon River in South America, finally ending up in the mountainous Peru.
Great white sharks(white shark)are found in coastal waters in every major ocean but the great white shark is most commonly
sighted around Australia, South Africa, California and Mexico.
The great white shark can grow to more than 8 meters long and weigh well over 2,000kg. This makes the great white shark the world's
largest predatory fish! The great white shark has been known to attack humans in the water, this is often because the shark
mistakes the human for another animal which it normally hunts since sharks do not like the tatse of human.
Grey reef shark is one of the most common species of shark found in the warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Grey reef sharks are generally found in the coastal regions and along continenetal shelves from the Middle East to the islands
in the deep Pacific.
Grey reef sharks are one of the smaller species of shark with adults reaching a maximum length of around 2 meters long and
baby grey reef sharks being around 50cm long at birth.
Hammerhead Sharks are appropriately named after their flat shaped heads. Hammerhead sharks are large carnivorous fish that
prey on large fish and occasionally hammerhead sharks will hunt small water mammals.
Hammerhead sharks are found in the warmer waters of oceans worldwide but hammerhead sharks are particularly found in coastal
waters, and along continental shelves. The shallow waters that the hammerhead sharks inhabit allow the hammerhead shark to
hunt prey more easily.
Horn shark is a small species of shark, natively found in the coastal waters of north-west North America. The horn shark
is named for the broad, flattened head and high ridge found behind this shark's large eyes that is almost horn-like in appearance
and makes this shark one of the hardiest of all shark species. The horn shark is endemic to the Pacific north-east, and is only
found in the warmer waters off the coast of California. The horn shark is most commonly found along the temperate to sub-tropical
continenetal shelves where it spends most of it's time in search of hard-shelled marine organisms to eat off the sea-bed.
Manta ray is a large species of flattened fish, closely related to other cartilaginous fish such as sharks. The manta ray
is the largest species species of ray in the world with some manta ray individuals reaching up to 9 meters wide.
The manta ray is most commonly found in the warmer, tropical of waters of the world's oceans, typically around coral reefs and
along the continental shelves where food is in abundance. However, due to their enormous size, manta rays are also commonly
spotted hunting out in the open ocean.
Nurse shark is most commonly found in the waters around central Americs, although natural habitat of the nurse shark ranges
from the North USA to Brazil and nurse sharks are even found on the East Coast of Africa. The nurse shark is also found around
the Carribean Islands and from southern California to Peru on the American west coast.
The nurse shark is a common coastal bottom-dwelling shark, found in tropical and subtropical waters around the continental shelves.
The nurse shark is frequently found at depths of one meter or less but it is not uncommon for nurse sharks to venture down to
depths of 12 meters.
The spiny dogfish is one of the most abundant species of shark in the world is also commonly known as the piked dogfish,
and codshark and the thorndog. The spiny dogfish is most well-known of the dogfish species and is also thought to be the most
well-researched shark species in the world.
Stingray is flat marine fish found in warmer waters around the globe. The stingray belongs to the same group of fish as other
ray and are also believed to be closely related to sharks.
The stingray inhabits the warmer tropical waters around the world generally in the slightly deeper waters rather than the shallows.
When the weather begins to cool, the stingray will retreat further into the depths of the ocean.
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