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Family Carcharhinidae

Animals in the family Carcharhinidae on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 3 species in this family — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Lemon shark cruising mangrove shallows with pale yellow sides and broad blunt snout

Vulnerable

Fish

Lemon Shark

Yellow coastal shark of mangrove nurseries

Oceanic whitetip shark with rounded dorsal fin and mottled white-tipped pectoral fins in blue water

Critically Endangered

Fish

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Critically Endangered lord of the open ocean

Stocky grey bull shark swimming through murky coastal water near the seabed

Vulnerable

Fish

Bull Shark

The shark that swims into freshwater