6 Mariana Islands species out of 17 reported | 9 Indo-Pacific species | 1 Western Atlantic species
Mariana Islands species are displayed by default. Click on the tags below to view additional species.
Note: the images of Carcharhinus albimarginatus, C. amblyrhynchos, and Galeocerdo cuvier are frame grabs from baited remote underwater video (BRUV) obtained in the waters around Guam in 2015 by Jake Asher of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Curtin University.
Additional shark species reported from the Mariana Islands by Myers and Donaldson (2003):
Rhincodontidae (whale shark)
Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)
Sphrynidae (hammerhead sharks)
Alopiidae (thresher sharks)
Lamnidae (mackerel sharks)
Hexanchidae (sixgill sharks)
Squalidae (dogfishes)