What is the total number of shark species and number dangerous to humans?

Question

What is the total number of shark species and number dangerous to humans?

Answer 1

there are 346 species

Order HEXANCHIFORMES - Sixgill, Sevengill and Frilled Sharks

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•Family CHLAMYDOSELA - Frilled Sharks

One Species

•Chlamydoselachus anguineus -- Frilled shark                                     •Heptranchias perlo -- Sharpnose sevengill shark

•Hexanchus griseus -- Bluntnose sixgill shark

•Hexanchus vitulus -- Bigeye sixgill shark

•Notorynchus cepedianus -- Broadnose or spotted sevengill shark

Order SQUALIFORMES - Dogfish Sharks

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•Family ECHINORHINIDAE - Bramble Sharks

Two Species

•Echinorhinus brucus -- Bramble shark

•Echinorhinus cookei -- Prickly shark

•Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks

70 Species

•Aculeola nigra -- Hooktooth dogfish

•Centrophorus acus -- Needle dogfish

•Centrophorus granulosus -- Gulper shark

•Centrophorus harrissoni -- Dumb gulper shark

•Centrophorus lusitanicus -- Lowfin gulper shark

•Centrophorus moluccensis -- Smallfin gulper shark

•Centrophorus niaukang -- Taiwan gulper shark

•Centrophorus squamosus -- Leafscale gulper shark

•Centrophorus tesselatus -- Mosaic gulper shark

•Centrophorus uyato -- Little gulper shark

•Centroscyllium fabricii -- Black dogfish

•Centroscyllium granulatum -- Granular dogfish

•Centroscyllium kamoharai -- Bareskin dogfish

•Centroscyllium nigrum -- Combtooth dogfish

•Centroscyllium ornatum -- Ornate dogfish

•Centroscyllium ritteri -- Whitefin dogfish

•Centroscymnus coelolepis -- Portuguese dogfish

•Centroscymnus crepidater -- Longnose velvet dogfish

•Centroscymnus cryptacanthus -- Shortnose velvet dogfish

•Centroscymnus macracanthus -- Largespine velvet dogfish

•Centroscymnus owstoni -- Roughskin dogfish

•Centroscymnus plunketi -- Plunket shark

•Cirrhigaleus barbifer -- Mandarin dogfish

•Dalatias licha -- Kitefin shark

•Deania calcea -- Birdbeak dogfish

•Deania hystricosum -- Rough longnose dogfish

•Deania profundorum -- Arrowhead dogfish

•Deania quadrispinosum -- Longsnout dogfish

•Etmopterus baxteri -- New Zealand lanternshark

•Etmopterus brachyurus -- Shorttail lanternshark

•Etmopterus bullisi -- Lined lanternshark

•Etmopterus carteri -- Cylindrical lanternshark

•Etmopterus decacuspidatus -- Combtooth lanternshark

•Etmopterus gracilispinis -- Broadband lanternshark

•Etmopterus granulosus -- Southern lanternshark

•Etmopterus hillianus -- Carribean lanternshark

•Etmopterus lucifer -- Blackbelly lanternshark

•Etmopterus perryi -- Dwarf lanternshark

•Etmopterus polli -- African lanternshark

•Etmopterus princeps -- Great lanternshark

•Etmopterus pusillus -- Smooth lanternshark

•Etmopterus schultzi -- Fringefin lanternshark

•Etmopterus sentosus -- Thorny lanternshark

•Etmopterus spinax -- Velvet belly

•Etmopterus unicolor -- Brown lanternshark

•Etmopterus villosus -- Hawaiian lanternshark

•Etmopterus virens -- Green lanternshark

•Euprotomicroides zantedeschia -- Taillight shark

•Europtomicrus bispinatus -- Pygmy shark

•Heteroscymnoides marleyi -- Longnose pygmy shark

•Isistius brasiliensis -- Cookiecutter or cigar shark

•Isistius plutodus -- Largetooth cookiecutter shark

•Mollisquama parini -- Softskin dogfish

•Scymnodalatias sherwoodi -- Sherwood dogfish

•Scymnodon ichiharai -- Japanese velvet dogfish

•Scymnodon ringens -- Knifetooth dogfish

•Scymnodon squamulosus -- Greenland sleeper shark

•Somniosus pacificus -- Pacific sleeper shark

•Somniosus rostratus -- Little sleeper shark

•Squaliolus laticaudus -- Spined pygmy shark

•Squalus acanthias -- Piked dogfish

•Squalus asper -- Roughskin spurdog

•Squalus blainvillei -- Longnose spurdog

•Squalus cubensis -- Cuban dogfish

•Squalus japonicus -- Japanese spurdog

•Squalus magalops -- Shortnose spurdog

•Squalus melanurus -- Blacktail spurdog

•Squalus mitsukurii -- Shortspine spurdog

•Squalus rancureli -- Cyrano spurdog

•Family OXYNOTIDAE - Roughsharks

Five Species

•Oxynotus bruniensis -- Prickly dogfish

•Oxynotus carribaeus -- Carribean roughshark

•Oxynotus centrina -- Angular roughshark

•Oxynotus japonicus -- Japanese roughshark

•Oxynotus paradoxus -- Sailfin roughshark

Order PRISTIOPHORIFORMES - Sawsharks

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•Family PRISTIOPHORIDAE - Sawsharks

Five Species

•Pliotrema warreni -- Sixgill sawshark

•Pristiophorus cirratus -- Longnose sawshark

•Pristiophorus japonicus -- Japanese sawshark

•Pristiophorus nudipinnis -- Shortnose sawshark

•Pristiophorus schroederi -- Bahamas sawshark

Order SQUATINIFORMES - Angelsharks

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•Family SQUATINIDAE - Angelsharks

13 Species

•Squatina aculeata -- Sawback angelshark

•Squatina africana -- African angelshark

•Squatina argentina -- Argentine angelshark

•Squatina australis -- Australian angelshark

•Squatina californica -- Pacific angelshark

•Squatina dumeril -- Sand devil

•Squatina formosa -- Taiwan angelshark

•Squatina japonica -- Japanese angelshark

•Squatina nebulosa -- Clouded angelshark

•Squatina oculata -- Smoothback angelshark

•Squatina squatina -- Angelshark

•Squatina tergocellata -- Ornate angelshark

•Squatina tergocellatoides -- Ocellated angelshark

Order HETERODONTIFORMES - Bullhead Sharks

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•Family HETERODONTIDAE - Bullhead sharks

Eight Species

•Heterodontus francisci -- Horn shark

•Heterodontus galeatus -- Crested bullhead shark

•Heterodontus japonicus -- Japanese bullhead shark

•Heterodontus mexicanus -- Mexican hornshark

•Heterodontus portusjacksonj -- Port Jackson shark

•Heterodontus quoyi -- Galapagos bullhead shark

•Heterodontus ramalheira -- Whitespotted bullhead shark

•Heterodontus zebra -- Zebra bullhead shark

Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES - Carpetsharks

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•Family PARASCYLLIIDAE - Collared Carpetsharks

Six Species

•Cirrhoscyllium expolitum -- Barbelthroat carpetshark

•Cirrhoscyllium formosanum -- Taiwan saddled carpetshark

•Cirrhoscyllium japonicum -- Saddled carpetshark

•Parascyllium ferrugineum -- Rusty carpetshark

•Parascyllium multimaculatum -- Tasmanian carpetshark

•Parascyllium variolatum -- Necklace carpetshark or Varied carpetshark

•Family BRACHAELURIDAE - Blind sharks

Two Species

•Brachaelurus waddi -- Blind shark

•Heteroscyllium colcloughi -- Bluegrey carpetshark

•Family ORECTOLOBIDAE - Wobbegongs

Six species

•Eucrossorhinus dasypogon -- Tasselled wobbegong

•Orectolobus japonicus -- Japanese wobbegong

•Orectolobus maculatus -- Spotted wobbegong

•Orectolobus ornatus -- Ornate wobbegong

•Orectolobus wardi -- Northern wobbegong

•Sutorectus tentaculatus -- Cobbler wobbegong

•Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE - Longtailed Carpetshark

12 species

•Chiloscyllium arabicum -- Arabian carpetshark

•Chiloscyllium burmensis -- Burmese bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium caerulopunctatum -- Bluespotted bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium griseum -- Grey bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium hasselti -- Indonesian bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium indicum -- Slender bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium plagiosum -- Whitespotted bambooshark

•Chiloscyllium punctatum -- Brownbanded bambooshark

•Hemiscyllium freycineti -- Indonesian speckled carpetshark

•Hemiscyllium hallstromi -- Papuan epaulette shark

•Hemiscyllium ocellatum -- Epaulette shark

•Hemiscyllium strahani -- Hooded carpetshark

•Hemiscyllium trispeculare -- Speckled carpetshark

•Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks

Three species

•Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum -- Shorttail nurse shark

•Ginglymostoma cirratum -- Nurse shark

•Nebrius ferrugineus -- Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark

•Family STEGOSTOMATIDAE - Zebra Sharks

One species

•Stegostoma fasciatum -- Zebra shark

•Family RHINCODONTIDAE - Whale Sharks

One Species

•Rhincodon typus -- Whale shark

Order LAMNIFORMES - Mackerel Sharks

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•Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks

Four Species

•Carcharias taurus -- Sand tiger, spotted raggedtooth, or grey nurse shark

•Eugomphodus tricuspidatus -- Indian sand tiger

•Odontaspis ferox -- Smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail raggedtooth

•Odontaspis noronhai -- Bigeye sand tiger

•Family PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE - Crocodile Sharks

One Species

•Pseudocarcharias kamoharai -- Crocodile shark

•Family MITSUKURINIDAE - Goblin Sharks

One Species

•Mitsukurina owstoni -- Goblin shark

•Family MEGACHASMIDAE - Megamouth Sharks

One Species

•Megachasma pelagios -- Megamouth Shark

Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks

Three Species

•Alopias pelagicus -- Pelagic thresher

•Alopias superciliosus -- Bigeye thresher

•Alopias vulpinus -- Thresher shark

•Family CETORHINIDAE - Basking Sharks

One Species

•Cetorhinus maximus -- Basking shark

•Family LAMNIDAE - Mackerel Sharks

Five Species

•Carcharodon carcharias -- Great white shark

•Isurus oxyrinchus -- Shortfin mako

•Isurus paucus -- Longfin mako

•Lamna ditropis -- Salmon shark

•Lamna nasus -- Probeagle shark

Order CARCHARHINIFORMES - Ground Sharks

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•Family SCYLIORHINIDAE - Catsharks

92 Species

•Apristurus atlanticus -- Atlantic ghost catshark

•Apristurus brunneus -- Brown catshark

•Apristurus canutus -- Hoary catshark

•Apristurus federovi -- Federov's catshark

•Apristurus herklotsi -- Longfin catshark

•Apristurus indicus -- Smallbelly catshark

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