"Dive the Big Five" (in progress, now up to about a dozen)
Based on T-shirt bought in Gans Baai, South Africa. Front: "Dive
the Big Five, Spotted Raggedtooth Shark, Zambezi Shark, Tiger Shark, Shortfing
Mako Shark, Whale Shark", Back: "and the Big One...White Shark,
Carcharodon carcharias, Gansbaai, South Africa".
Common name(s) |
Scientific Name |
In Captivity |
Small and Large Specimens |
Litters/Embryos/ Other |
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White Shark |
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Whale Shark |
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 |
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Tiger Shark |
Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & LeSueur, 1822) |
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Shortfin Mako Shark |
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1809 |
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Sandtiger or Spotted Raggedtooth or
Gray Nurse Shark |
Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) |
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark |
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) |
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Great Hammerhead |
Sphyrna mokarran (Rueppell, 1837) |
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Bull or Zambezi Shark |
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) |
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Blue Shark |
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Common Name(s) |
Scientific Name |
In Captivity |
Large Specimens |
Litters/Embryos/ |