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Engaged in the protection of sharks since 1997

Engaged in the protection of sharks since 1997

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News from the world of sharks

Red List

Update Red List data to v. 2024-1

Shark Database update to Red List data v. 2024-1

The latest update of the IUCN Red List has been integrated into the Shark Database. It contains 545 shark species and some taxonomic changes:

  1. New species: Ridged-egg Catshark Apristurus ovicorrugatus.
  2. 3 new families in the order of ground sharks: Dichichthyidae (bristle sharks), Pentanchidae (deepwater catsharks) and Atelomycteridae (colored catsharks).
  3. Reclassification of existing species in the shark database to bristle sharks (4 species), deepwater catsharks (approx. 110 species) and colored catsharks (13 species).
  4. 22 species were re-evaluated by the IUCN in 2024.

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