Portal:Sharks
Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a group of fish species with a full cartilaginous skeleton. There are over 400 extant species of shark, as well as numerous extinct species known from recovered teeth and bones. Due partially to fear of shark attack, sharks often feature heavily in popular culture. Template:/box-footer
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Like other members of its family, the angelshark is a nocturnal ambush predator that buries itself in sediment and waits for passing prey, mostly benthic bony fishes but also skates and invertebrates. An ovoviviparous species, females bear litters of 7–25 pups every other year. The angelshark normally poses little danger to humans, though if provoked it is quick to bite. Used for food since at least Ancient Greece, this shark is often sold on European markets under the name "monkfish". Since the mid-20th century, high levels of commercial fishing across the angelshark's range have decimated its population via bycatch – it is now locally extinct or nearly so across most of its northern range, and the prospects of the remaining fragmented subpopulations are made more precarious by its low reproductive rate. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed this species as Critically Endangered.
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- ... that no more than 250 mature northern river sharks are estimated to live in the wild?
- ... that the closure of the Tethys Sea 10–14 million years ago led to the sicklefin lemon shark and the lemon shark becoming separate species?
- ... that the spined pygmy shark, dwarf lanternshark and pygmy ribbontail catshark are candidates for being the smallest shark in the world, all maturing at under 20 cm (8 in) long?
- ... that most attacks on humans by the blacktip reef shark consist of people being bitten on their legs or feet while wading in shallow water?
- ... that the egg capsule of the crested bullhead shark has paired tendrils extending up to 2 m (6.6 ft), greater than the length of the adult shark?
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