TOP 20 ENDANGERED SHARK SPECIES OF THE WORLD

Data compiled from the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and FishBase.org

Endangered Shark Species
1. Ganges shark — Critically endangered (IUCN)
2. Borneo shark — Endangered
3. Basking shark – North Pacific & Northeast Atlantic sub-populations — Vulnerable

4. Speartooth shark — Endangered
5. Whitefin Topeshark — Endangered
6. Angular Angel shark – Brazilian sub-population —- Vulnerable
7. Smoothback Angel shark — Endangered

8. Spinner shark – Northwest Atlantic sub-population — Near Threatened
9. Pondicherry shark — Critically endangered
10. Smoothtooth Blacktip — Vulnerable
11. Blacktip shark – Northwest Atlantic sub-population — Vulnerable

## Not to be confused with blacktip reef shark.

12. Dusky shark – Northwest Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico sub-populations — Near Threatened

13. Grey Nurse shark (aka Sand Tiger) — Vulnerable

14. Great White shark — Vulnerable
15. Gulper shark
16. Basking shark
17. School shark (aka Tope shark)
18. Bluegray Carpetshark
19. Porbeagle shark
20. Whale shark

Insufficient Data
(The sharks listed below have not had enough data collected about them to determine whether or not they are endangered.)
1. Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
2. Java shark (aka Pigeye) (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
3. Kitefin shark (Dalatias licha)
4. Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
5. Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
6. Broadnose Sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
7. Bigeye Sand Tiger (Odontaspis noronhai)
8. Narrowmouth Catshark (Schroederichthys bivius)
9. Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
10. Argentine Angel shark (Squatina argentina)