Shark protection projects

Projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

The Foundation supports shark preservation projects

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

We must know more about sharks to better protect them

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Photo © Alexa Elliot

Photo © Alexa Elliot

Learn about sharks

Projects

The projects will tell us more about sharks

The projects will tell us more about sharks

The projects will tell us more about sharks

For example where and when they migrate

For example where and when they migrate

For example where and when they migrate

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Photo © Guy Harvey Research Institute

Shark projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

We support research and public outreach projects

Information on Grants

Information on Grants

Information on Grants

Photo © Matt Potensky

Photo © Matt Potensky

Photo © Matt Potensky

The shark species "Bigeye houndshark"

Photo

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Range Map

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

Animals (Animalia)

Phylum:

Vertebrates (Chordata)

Class:

Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)

Order:

Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)

Family:

Houndsharks (Triakidae)

Genus:

Iago

Names

Scientific:

Iago omanensis

English:

Bigeye houndshark

German:

Grossaugen-Glatthai

French:

Requin-ha a gros yeux

Spanish:

Cazon ojigrande

Vulnerability

Category: Least Concern (LC)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2021
Trend:

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© IUCN 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1.
https://www.iucnredlist.org. Status 2023.

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