Shark Database update to Red List data v. 2025-2
Changes in the IUCN database 2025-2 compared to the Shark Database Version 2025-1: Two new species have been added: Etmopterus lii (Li's lantern Shark) and Squalus hima (Indian Spurdog). Scymnodon plunketi (Largespine Velvet Shark or Plunket's shark) was discovered to be a misidentification of Scymnodon macracanthus and will be listed as such in future.
40 shark species were reassessed in 2025.