One-finned Shark
Heptranchias perlo
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Hexanchiformes
- Family
- Hexanchidae
- Genus
- Heptranchias
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 21 countries and 7 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 195 records
- Victoria, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 7 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 7 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 10 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 5 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 3 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 4 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records