"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
White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cc_list.html
Cc_litter.html
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Smith, 1828
RT_litters.html
Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
(Peron & LeSueur, 1822)
Gc_litters.html
Shortfin Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus
Rafinesque, 1809
Sandtiger or Spotted Raggedtooth or Gray Nurse Shark
Carcharias taurus
(Rafinesque, 1810)
Ct_captive.html
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
(Poey, 1861)
Great Hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran (Rueppell, 1837)
   
Bull or Zambezi Shark
Carcharhinus leucas
(Valenciennes, 1839)
Cle_captive.html
Cle_large.html
Slide Show
Blue Shark
Prionace glauca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Pg_captive.html
Pg_large.html
Pg_litters.html
Common Name(s)
Scientific Name
In Captivity
Large Specimens

Litters/Embryos/
Other
Created March 2002; updated December 2003. Back to previous page
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