Squaliform Sharks
Squaliformes
The Squaliformes are an order of sharks that includes about 126 species in seven families.
6 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 144 known species
Dogfish Sharks
familySqualidae
Lantern Sharks
familyEtmopteridae
Kitefin Sharks
familyDalatiidae
Sleeper Sharks
familySomniosidae
Gulper Sharks
familyCentrophoridae
Rough Sharks
familyOxynotidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52309.