Cape Shark
Squalus acanthias
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Squalus
Where to Find
Found in 38 diving areas across 19 countries and 5 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 2 records
- Victoria, Australia - 10 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 9 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 647 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 84 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 1054 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 78 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 16 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 650 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 176 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 75 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 137 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 29 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 2746 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1564 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 13 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 12 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 195 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 947 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 9 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 24 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 9 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1808 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 77 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 8084 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 3 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 13385 records
- Alaska, United States - 1 records