swap_horiz Megamouth shark Alternatives

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Whale shark

The whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. Found in tropic...

Pelagic Giant Extant Filter Feeder

9.2 Excellent

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Basking shark

The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living fish after the whale shark, reaching lengths of up t...

Temperate Giant Extant Filter Feeder

8.8 Great

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Bigeye thresher shark

The bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus) is a pelagic species recognized by its highly elongated upper caudal f...

Pelagic Extant Deepwater Alopiidae

7.7 Good

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Largetooth cookiecutter shark

The largetooth cookiecutter shark (Isistius plutodus) is a rare species of deepwater squaliform shark belonging to the f...

Parasite Extant Deepwater Dalatiidae

7.4 Good

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Portuguese shark

The Portuguese shark, scientifically classified as Centroscymnus coelolepis, is a species of deepwater sleeper shark rec...

Atlantic Extant Deepwater Centrophoridae

7.4 Good

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Blackbelly lanternshark

The blackbelly lanternshark (Etmopterus lucifer) is a species of deepwater dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. Fir...

Bioluminescent Extant Deepwater Etmopteridae

7.3 Good

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Pondicherry shark

The Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is a rare species of requiem shark native to the Indo-Pacific region, part...

Rare Requiem Extant Indo Pacific

7.2 Good

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Southern African frilled shark

The southern African frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus africana) is a deepwater shark species formally described in 2009 f...

Africa Primitive Extant Deepwater

7.2 Good

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Angular roughshark

The angular roughshark, scientifically known as Oxynotus centrina, is a deepwater cartilaginous fish found in the easter...

Atlantic Extant Deepwater Oxynotidae

7.2 Good

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Sharpnose sevengill shark

The sharpnose sevengill shark, Heptranchias perlo, is a deepwater cow shark in the family Hexanchidae and the only livin...

Small Extant Deepwater Hexanchidae

7.1 Good

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Pygmy shark

The pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus) is a small species of squaliform shark belonging to the family Dalatiidae, co...

Tiny Extant Deepwater Dalatiidae

7.1 Good

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Smalltooth sand tiger shark

The smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox, is a large, uncommon mackerel shark in the family Odontaspididae. It...

Rare Extant Deepwater Odontaspididae

7.0 Good

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Spined pygmy shark

The spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus, is a very small deepwater shark in the family Dalatiidae. It has light-pr...

Tiny Extant Deepwater Dalatiidae

7.0 Good

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Bigeyed sixgill shark

The bigeyed sixgill shark is Hexanchus nakamurai, a member of the cow-shark family Hexanchidae. It is distinguished by s...

Tropical Extant Deepwater Hexanchidae

6.9 Fair

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Sixgill sawshark

The sixgill sawshark is Pliotrema warreni, an extant sawshark in the family Pristiophoridae. It was described in 1906 an...

Extant Indo Pacific Deepwater Sawshark

6.9 Fair

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Little gulper shark

The little gulper shark is the deepwater dogfish Centrophorus uyato, a member of the family Centrophoridae. It inhabits...

Small Extant Deepwater Centrophoridae

6.6 Fair

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Night shark

The night shark, Carcharhinus signatus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae found in temperate and tropical...

Atlantic Requiem Extant Deepwater

6.5 Fair

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Bigeye sand tiger shark

The bigeye sand tiger shark, Odontaspis noronhai, is a rare mackerel shark in the family Odontaspididae. It has a long b...

Rare Extant Deepwater Odontaspididae

6.5 Fair

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Roughskin spurdog

The roughskin spurdog, Cirrhigaleus asper, is a valid species of deep-water dogfish shark in the family Squalidae. It wa...

Atlantic Extant Deepwater Dogfish

6.1 Fair

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Shortspine spurdog

The shortspine spurdog is a deepwater dogfish shark of the Squalus mitsukurii complex, notable for its short fin spines...

Temperate Extant Deepwater Dogfish

6.0 Fair