Carcharias Taurus or Ragged Tooth Shark
Also call the Grey Nurse Shark or the Sandtiger Shark. Ragged Tooth Sharks can attain 3.2m and 300 kg.
They have a dark-brown to olive-grey body, a paler underbelly and many large dark spots.
These spots usually lighten with maturity. Globally the Ragged Tooth Shark is currently listed as “vulnerable” by the
IUCN Red List.
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Rhincodon typus or Whale Shark
The whale Shark is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species.
It can reach a length of up to 18 m, weighing up to 15 tons. The average size is 25 feet (7.6 m) long and
they have distinctively-marked spots.
They can be found in tropical and warm temperate seas throughout the world.
Whale Sharks are listed by the IUCN as "Vulnerable" of global extinction.
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Manta Birostris or Manta Ray
The manta rays are the largest living ray in the ocean. The Manta ray is a large plankton-feeding ray, widely distributed in
tropical and semi-tropical shelf waters, around oceanic islands and other areas of upwelling, such as seamounts.
Mantas are listed by the IUCN as ‘near threatened’ or ‘vulnerable’ to extinction throughout their distribution.
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