Requiem Sharks

It inhabits the continental and insular shelves off the eastern coast of the Americas, as far north as North Carolina and as far south as southern Uruguay, including the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. It occurs at depths of 9–64 m.

It has a fragmented distribution throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. It occurs over continental and insular shelves at depths of 30–800 m and is most common around isolated islands, coral banks, and reef drop-offs.

It is distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, this migratory shark frequents deep waters around the edges of the continental shelf. It is typically found at depths of 90–430 m.

It is widely distributed in the tropical Indo-Pacific, with records from the Gulf of Aden, southwestern India and Sri Lanka, the Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo and Java, and from Papua New Guinea to northern Australia. It is an open-water inhabitant that can be found from close to shore to the outer continental and insular shelves, diving at least 50 m.

It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from South Africa in the west to Easter Island in the east. It is most often seen in shallow waters near coral reef drop-offs at depths of less than 60 m, but it may occasionally descend to depths of up to 1,000 m.

It is found in warm coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic and western Indo-Pacific, at depths from the surface to 150 m.  It is distributed from Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea to Eritrea in the Red Sea, and it occasionally reaches the Mediterranean Sea. It also occurs from the southern Arabian Peninsula eastward to Indonesia, Indochina, the Philippines, southern China, New Guinea, and northern and eastern Australia.

It is known only from inshore waters around Mukah in north-western Borneo and Zhoushan Island in China, though it may once have been more widely distributed.

It is distributed in a number of separate populations in the northeastern and southwestern Atlantic, off southern Africa, in the northwestern and eastern Pacific, and around Australia and New Zealand, with scattered reports from equatorial regions. The species can be found from brackish rivers and estuaries to shallow bays and harbors, to offshore waters 100 m deep or more.

It occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It has been reported from the ocean surface to a depth of 100 m, though it prefers water less than 30 m deep. It may be found from coastal waters to well offshore, over continental and insular shelves.

It is found over continental and insular shelves off northern Australia from Shark Bay in the west to Moreton Bay in the east, as well as off Papua New Guinea and around the Solomon Islands. It generally inhabits shallow inshore waters, at depths from the surface to 20 m.

It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of California to Peru, at depths from the surface to 40 m.

It is found off northern Australia, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Fraser Island in Queensland, and possibly also off the coast of New Guinea, at depths from the surface to 123 m.

It is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean, where it is found on continental shelves and inshore slopes around islands down to about 170 m. Its range extends from the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf to Java, Indonesia, Japan, and Australia.

It is one of the most abundant sharks in the pelagic zone, and can be found around the world in tropical waters. Primarily an inhabitant of the open ocean, the silky shark is most common from the surface to a depth of 200 m, but may dive to 500 m or more.

Its range is restricted to northern Australia, between Gladstone in central Queensland and Cape Cuvier in Western Australia. It inhabits estuaries and inshore waters from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 40 m.

It is commonly found in tropical waters near islands in all oceans, at depths of 1–286 m. The largest concentrations occur near archipelagos or island groups, particularly around Bermuda, the Galápagos, Madeira, Cape Verde, the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, and Hawaii. It is also found near the Baja California Peninsula, along the coasts of Guatemala and Colombia, off Portugal and Spain, and near eastern Australia.

It was once found throughout Indo-Pacific coastal waters from the Gulf of Oman to New Guinea, and is known to enter fresh water. Most of the known specimens were collected from India, with more specimens from the Gulf of Oman, Borneo, and Java.

It inhabits the western Indian Ocean near the Socotra Islands, off Kuwait, Mozambique, and South Africa, at depths of 36–43 m.

In North American waters, it is found from North Carolina to the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Central and South America, it occurs off Trinidad and Guyana, is infrequently recorded in the Caribbean Sea, and is found off southern Brazil from São Paulo to Santa Catarina. It inhabits extremely shallow waters, no deeper than 20 m.

It is known only from the type specimen caught from the Gulf of Aden, off eastern Yemen, and a handful of additional specimens caught from the Persian Gulf, off Kuwait.

It is commonly found worldwide in coastal areas of warm oceans, and also occurs in rivers and lakes, occasionally entering saltwater and freshwater streams if they are deep enough, at depths of 0–150 m. It has traveled 4,000 km up the Amazon River. It also lives in freshwater Lake Nicaragua, in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers in Eastern India and adjoining Bangladesh.

It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. It is found in water less than 30 m deep over continental and insular shelves, though it may dive to 64 m.

It inhabits the pelagic zone of tropical and warm-temperate seas. It is found worldwide between 45°N and 43°S. It lives in deep, open океans in waters warmer than 18 °C, spending most of its time in the upper ocean layers down to about 150 m.

It is found from Kenya to Myanmar in the Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found from Vietnam to Taiwan and southern Japan, in Indonesia, and off New Guinea and northern Australia. It is usually found in shallow, inshore waters, but has been reported to a depth of 170 m.

It is found throughout nearshore waters of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific, where it inhabits coral reefs and prefers shallow, inshore habitats. It has been reported from depths of up to 75 m, but is usually found in waters only a few meters deep.

It occurs, albeit discontinuously, in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide. It is typically found at depths of 10–80 m, but may occasionally descend to as deep as 400 m.

Only three specimens of this species are known, found in Borneo, Vietnam, and Thailand, all of which are over 80 years old.

It inhabits shallow tropical waters off northeastern South America, from Trinidad to northern Brazil, favoring muddy habitats such as mangroves, estuaries, and river mouths. It occurs at depths of 4–40 m.

It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, and is the most commonly encountered reef shark in the Caribbean Sea. It is common in water shallower than 30 m, but has been known to dive to 378 m.

It is found in tropical to temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. It commonly occurs over muddy or sandy bottoms in shallow coastal habitats such as bays, estuaries, harbors, and river mouths, but it is also found in intertidal zones and deeper waters exceeding 200 m.

It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from the northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. It inhabits shallow waters close to shore, particularly over muddy bottoms around estuaries. It occurs at depths of up to 35 m.

It is found in the tropical Indo–West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 24°N and 30°S, occurring on continental shelves and in shallow waters around islands from the surface to depths of about 40 m.

It is found along the outer continental shelves and upper continental slopes of the Atlantic Ocean, from the U.S. state of Massachusetts to Argentina in the west, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and from Senegal to northern Namibia in the east. It occurs at depths of 50–600 m.

It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific on continental and insular shelves commonly to a depth around 73 m. Its range extends from the East African coast, Madagascar, and the Red Sea to India, Malaysia, China, the Philippines, and northern Australia.

It is endemic to northern and eastern Australia. Favoring the upper and middle parts of the water column, it can be found from the intertidal zone to a depth of 50 m.

It is found in the western Pacific, ranging from Indonesia and Taiwan to Borneo. It prefers to live in depths ranging from the surface to 170 m and in demersal inshore habitats.

It inhabits coastal marine waters and tidal reaches of large tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is found in near-shore marine waters, favoring highly turbid environments over a wide range of salinities.

It found in scattered tidal rivers and associated coastal waters in northern Australia and in Papua New Guinea. It inhabits areas with poor visibility, soft bottoms, and large tides, with immature sharks ranging into fresh and brackish water.

It is found in rivers of eastern and north-eastern India, particularly the Hooghly River in West Bengal, and the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mahanadi rivers in Bihar, Assam, and Odisha, respectively. It is typically found in the middle to lower reaches of these rivers.

It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, at depths of up to 50 m. Its distribution is sporadic, with records from off the coasts of Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, China, and Sarawak.

It is found in the Indo–West Pacific, from Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia, and is thought to occur more widely throughout the Indo-Malay Archipelago to southern China, at depths of down to 50 m.

It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Indonesia, north to Japan and south to Australia, between latitudes 34°N and 30°S, at depths of 7–100 m.

It is an oceanic and epipelagic shark found worldwide in deep temperate and tropical waters from the surface to about 350 m.

It is found from New Jersey to southern Brazil in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and also occurs off the coast of West Africa in the south-eastern Atlantic, including around Cape Verde. In addition, it has been recorded in the eastern Pacific from southern Baja California to Ecuador. It occurs at depths of 0–92 m.

It is endemic to the eastern Pacific, where it is found from the Gulf of California to Peru, from the surface to a depth of 92 m.

Its range extends from South Africa to the Red Sea (including Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Madagascar), continuing eastward along the coast of the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, and extending as far north as Taiwan and the Philippines and as far south as New Guinea and northern Australia. It is also found around numerous Pacific islands. It occurs at depths of 0–92 m.

It is found in the subtropical waters of the north-western Atlantic Ocean, between latitudes 18°N and 43°N, at depths of 0–280 m.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean (from Mauritania to Angola, as well as around Madeira), in the Indian Ocean (from South Africa and Madagascar northward to the Arabian Peninsula and eastward to South and Southeast Asia), and in the Pacific Ocean (from China and southern Japan to New Guinea and northern Australia). It occurs close to shore, from the surf zone to depths of 200 m.

It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 13° N and 33° S, at depths between 3 and 70 m.

It inhabits the coastal waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 27 m and can be found from southern California to Peru.

It is found in the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific Oceans, between latitudes 30° N and 18° S, from the surface to a depth of 36 m.

It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, between latitudes 28° N and 40° S, from the surface to a depth of 500 m.

It is found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, between latitudes 8°N and 28°S, from the surface to a depth of 110 m.

It is found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, occurring as far west as South Africa and as far east as Central America. It is typically found on or near the bottom in clear water at depths of 8–40 m.

It is found in the western Indo-Pacific from Tanzania to South and Southeast Asia, as far east as Java and Borneo and as far north as Taiwan and Japan. It is typically found close to the coast in water 10–13 m deep.

It is found in the western Pacific Ocean, from the coast of Malaysia to southern Japan, and is occasionally recorded from the Bay of Bengal. It occurs at depths of up to 10–15 m.

It it is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 31° N and 18° S, at depths of 15–200 m.