Sharks Gallery

Oceanic Blue Shark - Above water, close-up of face showing details of teeth and eye

VT-8299 Oceanic Blue Shark - Above water, close-up of face showing details of teeth and eye. Also shows ampoules / ampullae of Lorenzini. Eastern Pacific Prionace glauca Distribution: Tropical and Temperate waters, Worldwide Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Ron & Valerie Taylor / ardea.com

KA-596 Thresher / Foxtail Shark

KA-596
Thresher / Foxtail Shark
Distribution: Eastern & Western Atlantic / Central Pacific / Indo-west Pacific
Alopias vulpinus
Usually lives at depths over 200m & only sighted rarely - The Common Thresher Shark ranges in size from 16.5 to 20ft long - Feeds on Squid & Fish corraling them with its elongated tail / stunning them with slaps from it and catching them with its very sharp but small teeth - Decreasing in numbers because of overfishing (it is hunted for meat and its fins)
Kurt Amsler
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Grey Reef SHARKS - The Tumotos are the only area left in the world where sharks can still be see in large numbers like this. Worldwide these sharks have been hunted for their fins which are used in shark fin soup in China

VT-8678 Grey Reef SHARKS - The Tumotos are the only area left in the world where sharks can still be see in large numbers like this. Worldwide these sharks have been hunted for their fins which are used in shark fin soup in China. Tumotos, French Polynesia. Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Ron and Valerie Tayor / ardea.com