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Sharks and rays

Sharks and rays in this database: 3 species, 3 of them threatened, recorded across 91 countries.

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Species filed
3
Threatened
3
Countries recorded
91
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100%

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Where are sharks and rays recorded?

Species on file in this group with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Tanzania: 1 speciesCanada: 3 speciesUnited States of America: 3 speciesIndonesia: 3 speciesChile: 1 speciesSudan: 2 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 3 speciesSouth Africa: 3 speciesMexico: 3 speciesBrazil: 3 speciesPeru: 2 speciesColombia: 2 speciesPanama: 2 speciesCosta Rica: 3 speciesHonduras: 1 speciesGuatemala: 1 speciesBelize: 2 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesFrance: 3 speciesEcuador: 3 speciesCuba: 1 speciesNamibia: 1 speciesSenegal: 2 speciesBenin: 2 speciesGhana: 2 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 1 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesEq. Guinea: 2 speciesMozambique: 3 speciesIsrael: 1 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesAlgeria: 1 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 1 speciesQatar: 1 speciesOman: 1 speciesVanuatu: 1 speciesThailand: 2 speciesMyanmar: 1 speciesVietnam: 1 speciesIndia: 2 speciesBangladesh: 1 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesGermany: 1 speciesGreece: 1 speciesTurkey: 1 speciesBelgium: 1 speciesNetherlands: 1 speciesPortugal: 3 speciesSpain: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 3 speciesNew Zealand: 2 speciesAustralia: 3 speciesSri Lanka: 1 speciesChina: 1 speciesTaiwan: 3 speciesItaly: 1 speciesUnited Kingdom: 2 speciesPhilippines: 2 speciesMalaysia: 1 speciesBrunei: 1 speciesCzechia: 1 speciesJapan: 3 speciesYemen: 2 speciesSaudi Arabia: 1 speciesEgypt: 2 speciesDjibouti: 1 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Australia3
  2. United States3
  3. South Africa3
  4. New Caledonia3
  5. Mexico3
  6. Japan3
  7. Canada3
  8. Portugal3
  9. France3
  10. Réunion3
  11. French Southern Territories3
  12. Brazil3
  13. Mayotte3
  14. Indonesia3
  15. Costa Rica3
  16. Ecuador3
  17. Mozambique3
  18. French Polynesia3
  19. Taiwan3
  20. New Zealand2

How “sharks and rays” is defined here

A species belongs to this group if it sits anywhere under one of these branches of the classification.

class Elasmobranchii

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