Rig
Galeorhinus galeus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Galeorhinus
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 132 records
- Tasmania, Australia - 2111 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2360 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 79 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 357 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 387 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 1022 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 102 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 15124 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 4 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 1 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 13 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 6 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 7 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 4 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 103 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 9 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 11 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Alaska, United States - 12 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records