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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The fish fauna within the country and around the island is really amazing, when considering the small land. Among the marina fish, sharks and batoids (rays and skates) form a considerable diversity. According to many investigations and researches, there are 60 sharks species and 30 rays and skates found around the coast of Sri Lanka. The following list of shark species recorded from the territorial waters of Sri Lanka. ==Class Chondrichthyes== *Order Hexanchiformes * *Family Hexanchidae * 1. ''Hexanchus griseus'' (Bonaterre, 1788). Bluntnose sixgill shark. 2. ''Notorynchus cepedianus'' (Peron, 1907). Broadnose sevengill shark. *Order Squaliformes * *Family Centrophoridae 3. ''Centrophorus squamosus'' (Bonaterre, 1788). Leaf scale gulper shark. * *Family Dalatiidae 4. ''Centroscyllium ornatum'' (Alcock, 1889). Ornate dogfish. 5. ''Dalatias licha'' (Bonnaterra, 1788). Kitefin shark. * *Family Echinorhinidae * 6. ''Echinorhinus brucus'' (Bonaterre, 1788). Bramble shark. *Order Orectolobiformes * *Family Hemiscylliidae 7. ''Chiloscyllium griseum'' (Muller & Henle, 1838). Grey bambooshark. 8. ''Chiloscyllium indicum'' (Gmelin, 1789). Slender bamboo shark. 9. ''Chiloscyllium plagiosum'' (Bennet, 1830). Whitespotted bamboo shark. * *Family Stegostomatidae 10. ''Stegostoma fasciatum'' (Hermann, 1783). Zebra shark. * *Family Ginglymostomatidae 11. ''Nebrius ferrugineus'' (Lesson, 1830). Tawny nurse shark. * *Family Rhincodontidae 12. ''Rhincodon typus'' (Smith, 1828). Whale shark. *Order Lamniformes * *Family Alopiidae 13. ''Alopias vulpinus'' (Bonnaterre, 1788). Thresher shark. 14. ''Alopias superciliosus'' (Lowe, 1839). Bigeye thresher shark. 15. ''Alopias pelagicus'' (Nakamura, 1935). Pelagic thresher shark. * *Family Odontaspididae 16. ''Odontaspis noronhai'' (Maul, 1955). Bigeye sandtiger. 17. ''Odontaspis ferox'' (Risso,1810). Smalltooth sandtiger. 18. ''Carcharias taurus'' (Rafinesque, 1810). Sandtiger shark. * *Family Pseudocarchariidae 19. ''Pseudocarcharias kamoharai'' (Matsubara, 1936). Crocodile shark. * *Family Lamnidae 20. ''Carcharodon carcharias'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Great white shark. 21. ''Isurus oxyrinchus'' (Rafinesque, 1809). Shortfin mako shark. 22. ''Isurus paucus'' (Guitart Manday, 1966). Longfin mako. *Order Carcharhiniformes * *Family Scyliorhinidae 23. ''Atelomycterus marmoratus'' (Bennet, 1830). Coral catshark. 24. ''Bythaelurus hispidus'' (Alcock, 1891). Bristly catshark. * *Family Proscylliidae 25. ''Eridacnis radcliffei'' (Smith, 1913) Pygmy ribbontail catshark. * *Family Triakidae 26. ''Mustelus manazo'' (Bleeker, 1854). Starspotted smoothhound. 27. ''Mustelus mosis'' (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899). Arabian smoothhound. * *Family Hemigaleidae 28. ''Chaenogaleus macrostoma'' (Bleeker, 1852). Hooktooth shark. 29. ''Hemigaleus microstoma'' Bleeker, 1852. Sicklefin weasel shark. 30. ''Hemipristis elongatus'' (Klunzinger, 1871). Snaggletooth shark. * *Family Carcharhinidae 31. ''Carcharhinus albimarginatus'' (Ruppel, 1837). Silvertip shark. 32. ''Carcharhinus altimus'' (Springer, 1950). Bignose shark. 33. ''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides'' (Whitley, 1934). Graceful shark. 34. ''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos'' (Bleeker, 1856). Grey reef shark. 35. ''Carcharhinus amboinensis'' (Muller & Henle, 1839). Pigeye shark. 36. ''Carcharhinus brevipinna'' (Muller & Henle, 1839). Spinner shark. 37. ''Carcharhinus dussumieri'' (Valenceiennes, 1839). Whitecheek shark. 38. ''Carcharhinus falciformis'' (Bibron, 1839). Silky shark. 39. ''Carcharhinus hemiodon'' (Valenciennes, 1839). Pondicherry shark. 40. ''Carcharhinus limbatus'' (Valenciennes, 1839). Blacktip shark. 41. ''Carcharhinus longimanus'' (Poey. 1861). Oceanic whitetip shark. 42. ''Carcharhinus macloti'' (Muller & Hen1e, 1839). Hardnose shark. 43. ''Carcharhinus melanopterus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Blacktip reef shark. 44. ''Carcharhinus plumbeus'' (Nardo, 1827). Sandbar shark. 45. ''Carcharhinus sealei'' (Pietschmann, 1916). Blackspot shark. 46. ''Carcharhinus sorrah'' (Valenciennes. 1830). spot-tai1 shark. 47. ''Galeocerdo cuvier'' (Peron & Lesuer, 1822). Tiger shark. 48. ''Lamiopsis temminckii'' (Muller & Henlei. 1839). Broadfin shark. 49. ''Loxodon macrorhinus'' (Muller. Hen1e. 1839). Sliteye shark. 50. ''Negaprion acutidens'' (Ruppell, 1837). Sicklefin lemon shark. 51. ''Negaprion brevirostris'' (Poey. 1868). Lemon shark. 52. ''Prionace glauca'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Blue shark. 53. ''Rhizoprionodon acutus'' (Ruppell, 1837). Milk shark. 54. ''Rhizoprionodon oligolinx'' (Springer. 1964). Grey sharpnose shark. 55. ''Scoliodon laticaudus'' (Muller & Henle, 1838). Spadenose shark. 56. ''Triaenodon obesus'' (Ruppell, 1837). Whitetip reef shark. * *Family Sphyrnidae 57. ''Eusphyra blochii'' (Cuvier. 1817). Winghead. 58. ''Sphyrna lewini'' (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Scalloped hammerhead. 59. ''Sphyrna mokarran'' (Ruppell. 1837). Great hammerhead. 60. ''Sphyrna zygaena'' (Linnaeus. 1757). Smooth hammerhead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of sharks and batoids found from territorial waters of Sri Lanka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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