SHARK ID GUIDES

To view entire Hawai'i Community Tagging Program - Offshore Shark Species Identification Guide, click here.

If you would rather view a shark by species, see below: 

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• Blue Shark, Prionace gluaca

• Shortfin Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrhincus

• Pelagic Thresher Shark, Alopias pelgaicus

• Bigeye Thresher Shark, Alopias superciliosus

• Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus

• Silky Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis

• Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus

• Bignose Shark, Carcharhinus altimus

• Galapagos Shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis

• Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

• Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus

Other relevant guides:

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• Deepwater shark and skate identification guide,

Government of Australia

• On board guide for the identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays, Western Indian Ocean,

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• Guide for the Identification of Atlantic Ocean Sharks,

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

• Field Identification Guide to the Living Marine Resources of Kenya,

Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association

• Shark Identification for the Recreational Fishery of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico,

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