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Squaliformes

Squaliformes is an order in the class Elasmobranchii. This database currently files 208 species under it, 2 of them threatened.

Species filed
208
Threatened
2
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
1%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Squaliformes?

22 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Squalidae

    spiny dogfish, longnose spurdog, roughskin dogfish, cuban dogfish …

    72 species
  2. Etmopteridae

    velvet belly, dwarf lantern shark, smooth lanternshark, viper dogfish …

    59 species
  3. Centrophoridae

    gulper shark, leafscraper shark, brier shark, dwarf gulper shark …

    25 species
  4. Somniosidae

    greenland shark, pacific sleeper shark, portuguese shark, little sleeper shark …

    21 species
  5. Dalatiidae

    cookiecutter shark, seal shark, spined pigmy shark, pygmy shark …

    20 species
  6. Oxynotidae

    don pedro, rough shark, kite-fin shark, japanese roughshark …

    5 species
  7. Centrosqualus

    Centrosqualus mustardi

    1 species
  8. Cretascymnus

    Cretascymnus beauryi

    1 species
  9. Eoetmopterus

    Eoetmopterus davidi

    1 species
  10. Fredipristis

    Fredipristis eximia

    1 species
  11. Proetmopterus

    Proetmopterus lukasi

    1 species
  12. Protoxynotus

    Protoxynotus mayrmelnhofi

    1 species
  13. Angoumeius

    0 species
  14. Centrophoroides

    0 species
  15. Centropterus

    0 species
  16. Eoscymnidae

    0 species
  17. Gibbechinorhinus

    0 species
  18. Microetmopterus

    0 species
  19. Paraechinorhinus

    0 species
  20. Protosqualus

    0 species
  21. Pseudoechinorhinus

    0 species
  22. Squalogaleus

    0 species

Best-known members of Squaliformes

Ranked by popularity score.

Seal shark

Dalatias licha

DalatiidaeNo free photo yet

Gulper shark

Centrophorus granulosus

CentrophoridaeNo free photo yet

Don Pedro

Oxynotus centrina

OxynotidaeNo free photo yet

How threatened is Squaliformes?

3 of 208 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
VUVulnerable267%
LCLeast Concern133%

The 200 best-known species in Squaliformes

Of 208 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Greenland sharkSomniosus microcephalusSomniosidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Spiny dogfishSqualus acanthiasSqualidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Cookiecutter sharkIsistius brasiliensisDalatiidaeLeast ConcernNot recordedNot recorded
Seal sharkDalatias lichaDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Velvet bellyEtmopterus spinaxEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf lantern sharkEtmopterus perryiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gulper sharkCentrophorus granulosusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Don PedroOxynotus centrinaOxynotidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pacific sleeper sharkSomniosus pacificusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spined pigmy sharkSqualiolus laticaudusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Leafscraper sharkCentrophorus squamosusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Portuguese sharkCentroscymnus coelolepisSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smooth lanternsharkEtmopterus pusillusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pygmy sharkEuprotomicrus bispinatusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Viper dogfishTrigonognathus kabeyaiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black dogfishCentroscyllium fabriciiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brier sharkDeania calceusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Little sleeper sharkSomniosus rostratusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longnose spurdogSqualus blainvilleSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dwarf gulper sharkCentrophorus atromarginatusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
DogsharkCentrophorus moluccensisCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pocket sharkMollisquama pariniDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rough sharkOxynotus bruniensisOxynotidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hooktooth dogfishAculeola nigraEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lowfin gulper sharkCentrophorus lusitanicusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mosaic dogfishCentrophorus tessellatusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Golden dogfishCentroselachus crepidaterSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackbelly lanternsharkEtmopterus luciferEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rough sagreEtmopterus princepsEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taillight sharkEuprotomicroides zantedeschiaDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gulf dogfishIsistius plutodusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Kite-fin sharkOxynotus paradoxusOxynotidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blimp sharkSomniosus antarcticusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black gulper sharkCentrophorus isodonCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Western gulper sharkCentrophorus westraliensisCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Roughskin dogfishCirrhigaleus asperSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arrowhead dogfishDeania profundorumCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Splendid lanternsharkEtmopterus splendidusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longnose pygmy sharkHeteroscymnoides marleyiDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cuban dogfishSqualus cubensisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Velvet dogfishZameus squamulosusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Highfin dogfishCentroscyllium excelsumEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Granular dogfishCentroscyllium granulatumEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black sharkCentroscyllium nigrumEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ornate dogfishCentroscyllium ornatumEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitefin dogfishCentroscyllium ritteriEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Black sharkCentroscymnus owstoniiSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mandarin sharkCirrhigaleus barbiferSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rough longnose dogfishDeania hystricosaCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Slender lanternsharkEtmopterus bigelowiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green lantern sharkEtmopterus virensEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese roughsharkOxynotus japonicusOxynotidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Frog sharkSomniosus longusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese spurdogSqualus japonicusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cyrano spurdogSqualus melanurusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Dumb sharkCentrophorus harrissoniCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seychelles gulper sharkCentrophorus seychellorumCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Endeavour dogsCentrophorus uyatoCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Jelly sharkCentroscyllium kamoharaiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pink lanternsharkEtmopterus dianthusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackmouth lanternsharkEtmopterus evansiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Blackbelly dogfishEtmopterus hillianusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
African lantern sharkEtmopterus polliEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rasptooth dogfishEtmopterus sheikoiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smalleye pygmy sharkSqualiolus aliaeDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Green-eye spurdogSqualus mitsukuriiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ninja lanternsharkEtmopterus benchleyiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shorttail laternsharkEtmopterus brachyurusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lined lanternsharkEtmopterus bullisiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cylindrical lantern sharkEtmopterus carteriEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Combtooth lanternsharkEtmopterus decacuspidatusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pygmy lanternsharkEtmopterus fususEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
LuciferEtmopterus granulosusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Moller's lanternsharkEtmopterus molleriEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Densescale lanternsharkEtmopterus pycnolepisEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
West Indian lanternsharkEtmopterus robinsiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fringefin lantern sharkEtmopterus schultziEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown lanternsharkEtmopterus unicolorEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Caribbean roughsharkOxynotus caribbaeusOxynotidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Greeneye dogfishSqualus albifronsSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Greeneye dogfishSqualus altipinnisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fatspine spurdogSqualus crassispinusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
SpikeySqualus megalopsSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
GrayfishSqualus suckleyiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longsnout dogfishDeania quadrispinosaCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Tailspot lanternsharkEtmopterus caudistigmusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Lined lanternsharkEtmopterus dislineatusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Broadband dogfishEtmopterus gracilispinisEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ninja lanternsharkEtmopterus litvinoviEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
False pygmy sharkEtmopterus pseudosqualiolusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Thorny lantersharkEtmopterus sentosusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hawaiian lanternsharkEtmopterus villosusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bighead spurdogSqualus bucephalusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Greeneye dogfishSqualus grahamiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Cyrano spurdogSqualus rancureliSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taiwan lantern sharkEtmopterus burgessiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitetail dogfishScymnodalatias albicaudaSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sherwood dogfishScymnodalatias sherwoodiSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Knifetooth dogfishScymnodon ringensSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shortnose spurdogSqualus brevirostrisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spiny dogfishSqualus chloroculusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrophorus zeehaaniCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mandarin sharkCirrhigaleus australisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brown lanternsharkEtmopterus compagnoiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Azores dogfishScymnodalatias garrickiSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sparsetooth dogfishScymnodalatias oligodonSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taiwan spurdogSqualus formosusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
GreeneyeSqualus griffiniSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Philippine spurdogSqualus montalbaniSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Greeneye dogfishSqualus nasutusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Kermadec spurdogSqualus raoulensisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Shortfin smooth lanternsharkEtmopterus joungiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Edmunds’ spurdogSqualus edmundsiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Indonesian shortnose spurdogSqualus hemipinnisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bartail spurdogSqualus notocaudatusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
American pocket sharkMollisquama mississippiensisDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Seychelles spurdogSqualus lalanneiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Sculpted lanternsharkEtmopterus sculptusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Traveler lanternsharkEtmopterus viatorEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brazilian whitetail dogfishSqualus albicaudusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
African gulper sharkCentrophorus leslieiCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Laila's lanternsharkEtmopterus lailaeEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Japanese velvet dogfishScymnodon ichiharaiSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Northeastern Brazilian dogfishSqualus bahiensisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Gulf dogfishSqualus clarkaeSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Hawaiian spurdogSqualus hawaiiensisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nipponic dogfishSqualus shiraiiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCretascymnus beauryiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Papuan lanternsharkEtmopterus samadiaeEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Taiwan sleeper sharkSomniosus cheniSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Atlantic lobefin dogfishSqualus lobularisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Humpback western dogfishSqualus quasimodoSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longfin gulper sharkCentrophorus longipinnisCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Whitecheek lanternsharkEtmopterus alphusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Marsha's lanternsharkEtmopterus marshaeEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEtmopterus schmidtiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedHessinodon wardiDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrodeania annaeCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrodeania perchensisCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrodeania rugosaCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedDanodalatias ocheviDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedDracipinna bracheriDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEodalatias austrinalisDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEoetmopterus davidiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Barrie’s lanternsharkEtmopterus broseiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
West Australian lanternsharkEtmopterus westraliensisEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedFredipristis eximiaNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIncognitorapax fernsebneriEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPalaeocentroscymnus bavaricusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedProetmopterus lukasiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedProtocentrophorus steviaeCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedProtoxynotus mayrmelnhofiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Plunket's sharkScymnodon macracanthusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedScymnus crispatusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedScymnus duomaculatusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedScymnus jilongicusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedScymnus paradoxusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualiodalatias savoieiDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Bluntnose spurdogSqualus acutipinnisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
African longnose spurdogSqualus bassiSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Malagasy skinny spurdogSqualus mahiaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Smith's dogfishSqualus margaretsmithaeSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrophorus armatusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrophorus machiquensisCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrophorus squaloideusCentrophoridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCentrosqualus mustardiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEtmopterus heterodontusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Li's lanternsharkEtmopterus liiEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEtmopterus maschalisEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEtmopterus pariniEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedEtmopterus prostigmusEtmopteridaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedIsistius marmoratusDalatiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedLeiodon viridipunctatusSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedRhinoscymnus clarkiSomniosidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus aquatinaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus ascensionisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus assierusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus atlanticusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus barbarusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Boretz's dogfishSqualus boretziSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus cattaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus ciliarisSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus conductusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus dentoidesSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus fullonicusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus gataSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus gunneriSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Indian spurdogSqualus himaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus kamulSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus kelbelbahrSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus kelvesSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus kumalSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus lassierSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus mafrekaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus massasaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus nicholsaeSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus norvegicusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus oteaSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus palasorrahSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSqualus pictusSqualidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded