swap_horiz Brown smoothhound Alternatives

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Great white shark

The great white shark is a large lamnid species found in the coastal surface waters of all major oceans. It is notable f...

Coastal Apex Extant Mackerel

9.2 Excellent

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Bull shark

The bull shark is a large, stout-bodied requiem shark belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is distinguished by its...

Coastal Freshwater Requiem Extant

9.2 Excellent

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Lemon shark

The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a medium-to-large species of requiem shark belonging to the family Carcharhi...

Coastal Nursery Requiem Extant

8.7 Great

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Sand tiger shark

The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as the grey nurse shark, is a large coastal shark found in subtropi...

Coastal Temperate Extant Odontaspididae

8.5 Great

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Bonnethead

The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) is the smallest species of hammerhead shark, inhabiting coastal waters of the Americas....

Small Coastal Hammerhead Extant

8.4 Great

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Grey nurse shark

The grey nurse shark, known scientifically as Carcharias taurus, is a coastal marine species referred to as the sand tig...

Australia Coastal Extant Odontaspididae

8.3 Great

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Smooth hammerhead

The smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) is a large species of hammerhead shark belonging to the family Sphyrnidae. It is...

Coastal Hammerhead Temperate Extant

8.2 Great

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Leopard shark

The leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) is a small species of houndshark in the family Triakidae, native to the Pacific...

Coastal Pacific Extant Triakidae

8.2 Great

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Broadnose sevengill shark

The broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) is the only extant member of its genus and part of the family Hex...

Coastal Temperate Extant Hexanchidae

8.0 Great

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Blacktip shark

The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a coastal requiem shark found in tropical and subtropical waters of the At...

Coastal Tropical Requiem Extant

7.9 Good

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Horn shark

The horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) is a small species of bullhead shark native to the coastal waters of the eastern...

Pacific Extant Benthic Heterodontidae

7.8 Good

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Soupfin shark

The soupfin shark is Galeorhinus galeus, a Critically Endangered houndshark once heavily fished for vitamin A-rich liver...

Coastal Temperate Extant Triakidae

6.9 Fair

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Tope shark

The tope shark is Galeorhinus galeus, a temperate-water houndshark found worldwide and the only living species in its ge...

Coastal Temperate Extant Triakidae

6.9 Fair

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Starry smoothhound

The starry smoothhound is a northeast Atlantic houndshark described in 1819, notable for small white dorsal spots.

Coastal Atlantic Extant Triakidae

6.7 Fair

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Common smoothhound

The common smoothhound is an Endangered houndshark of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, named by Linnaeus in 1758.

Europe Coastal Extant Triakidae

6.6 Fair

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Striped smoothhound

The striped smoothhound is a Critically Endangered houndshark of the southwest Atlantic, from southern Brazil to norther...

Coastal Pacific Extant Triakidae

6.3 Fair

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Blackspotted smoothhound

The blackspotted smoothhound is a Vulnerable houndshark of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, described by Risso in...

Coastal Atlantic Extant Triakidae

6.2 Fair

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Grey smoothhound

The grey smoothhound is an eastern Pacific houndshark from California to the Gulf of California, described by Gill in 18...

Coastal Atlantic Extant Triakidae

6.2 Fair

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Sharptooth houndshark

The sharptooth houndshark is a southern African Triakis species described in 1839, known for large fins and black spotti...

Coastal Africa Extant Triakidae

6.2 Fair

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Japanese topeshark

The Japanese topeshark is an Endangered northwestern Pacific houndshark, described in 1839 and found from Japan to China...

Coastal Japan Extant Triakidae

5.9 Mediocre