swap_horiz Dwarf Catshark Alternatives

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Goblin Shark

The goblin shark is a rare deep-sea fish belonging to the Squaliformes order. It’s distinguished by its unique flattened...

Shark Deep Sea Squaliformes Mitsukurinidae

9.2 Excellent

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Frilled Shark

The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a rare deep-sea fish belonging to a remarkably ancient lineage of shar...

Shark Deep Sea Primitive Chlamydoselachidae

9.2 Excellent

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Greenland Shark

The Greenland shark (*Somniosus microcephalus*) is a deep-sea shark species notable for its exceptional longevity. Scien...

Large Shark Deep Sea Somniosidae

9.2 Excellent

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Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

The Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, *Hexanchus griseus*, is a remarkably ancient shark species dwelling in the deepest ocean wa...

Large Shark Deep Sea Primitive

8.4 Great

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Dwarf Lanternshark

The Dwarf Lanternshark, *Etmopterus perryi*, is a diminutive shark species inhabiting deep ocean environments off the co...

Tiny Shark Deep Sea Bioluminescent

8.3 Great

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Pacific Sleeper Shark

Pacific Sleeper Shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a large, slow-moving shark closely related to the Greenland Shark, found...

Large Shark Deep Sea Somniosidae

7.9 Good

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Velvet Belly Lanternshark

Velvet Belly Lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) is a small bioluminescent shark of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterra...

Small Shark Bioluminescent Mesopelagic

7.5 Good

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Southern Sleeper Shark

Southern Sleeper Shark (Somniosus antarcticus) is a large apex predator of the Southern Ocean closely related to the Gre...

Large Antarctic Shark Deep Sea

7.4 Good

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Big-eyed Sixgill Shark

Big-eyed Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) is a primitive deep-water shark with six gill slits and notably enlarged ey...

Shark Deep Sea Primitive Large Eyes

6.9 Fair

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Portuguese Dogfish

Portuguese Dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) is one of the deepest-living sharks known, recorded at depths exceeding 3,...

Shark Deep Sea Bathyal Somniosidae

6.8 Fair

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Prickly Dogfish

Prickly Dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) is a rare, hump-backed deep-sea shark of the southwestern Pacific recognized by it...

Angular Shark Deep Sea Dogfish

6.7 Fair

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Bassozetus Cusk Eel

A member of the bathypelagic genus Bassozetus (Ophidiidae), with species recorded from abyssal depths beyond 5,000 m, pl...

Deep Sea Abyssal Bottom Dweller Ophidiidae

6.7 Fair

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Gulper Shark

Gulper Shark (Centrophorus granulosus) is a vulnerable deep-water shark heavily exploited for its squalene-rich liver oi...

Shark Deep Sea Bathyal Dogfish

6.6 Fair

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Leafscale Gulper Shark

Leafscale Gulper Shark (Centrophorus squamosus) is a deep-water shark named for its distinctive leaf-shaped dermal denti...

Shark Deep Sea Bathyal Dogfish

6.6 Fair

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Green Lanternshark

Etmopterus virens, a small bioluminescent shark endemic to the Gulf of Mexico, found at 190–720 m and named for the fain...

Small Shark Bioluminescent Mesopelagic

6.2 Fair

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Filetail Catshark

Filetail Catshark (Parmaturus xaniurus) is a slender deep-sea catshark found along the eastern Pacific from California t...

Small Shark Elongated Tail Bathyal

6.0 Fair

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Roughskin Dogfish

Roughskin Dogfish (Cirrhigaleus asper) is a deep-water squalid shark named for its coarser-than-average skin denticles,...

Shark Deep Sea Dogfish Centroscyllidae

5.9 Mediocre

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Longnose Velvet Dogfish

Longnose Velvet Dogfish (Centroscymnus crepidater) is a small deep-sea shark in family Somniosidae found across the Atla...

Shark Deep Sea Long Snout Bathyal

5.9 Mediocre

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Smallfin Gulper Shark

Centrophorus moluccensis, a gulper shark of the Indo-Pacific found at 125–820 m, distinguished from close relatives by c...

Shark Deep Sea Bathyal Dogfish

5.7 Mediocre

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Broadhead Catshark

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae) of the western Pacific recognized by its unusually broad, flattened head and found...

Shark Deep Sea Bathyal Scyliorhinidae

5.5 Mediocre