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Table 5 Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for sharks and rays found in the Great Barrier Reef
Disclaimer. Conservation status is according to IUCN categories and criteria.
| Common name | Scientific Name | Status |
| Grey nurse shark | Carcharias taurus | Endangered |
| Great white shark | Carcharias carcharias | Vulnerable |
| Colclough's shark | Brachaelurus colcloughi | Vulnerable |
| Crocodile shark | Pseudocarcharias kamoharai | Lower risk – least concern |
| Shortfin Mako | Isurus oxyrinchus | Lower risk – least concern |
| Blacktip Topeshark | Hypogaleus hyagaensis | Lower risk – least concern |
| Grey Reef shark | Carcharhinus amblyrhyncos | Lower risk – least concern |
| Spinner shark | Carcharias brevipinna | Lower risk – least concern |
| Silky shark | Carcharias falciformis | Lower risk – least concern |
| Bull shark | Carcharias leucas | Lower risk – least concern |
| Tiger shark | Galeocerdo cuvier | Lower risk – least concern |
| Whitetip reef shark | Triaenodon obesus | Lower risk – least concern |
| Scalloped Hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | Lower risk – least concern |
| Great Hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | Lower risk – least concern |
| Whitespot Giant Guitarfish | Rhynchobatus djiddensis | Lower risk – least concern |
| Bluespotted Ribbontail ray | Taeniura lymna | Lower risk – least concern |
| Spotted Eagle ray | Aetobatus narinari | Lower risk – least concern |
| Manta ray | Manta birostris | Lower risk – least concern |
| Estuary stingray | Dasyatis fluviorum | Lower risk- near threatened |
| Porcupine ray | Urogymnus asperrimus | Lower risk- near threatened |
| Sandbar shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus | Lower risk - near threatened |
| Black whaler | Carcharhinus obscurus | Lower risk - near threatened |
| Banded wobbegong | Orectolobus ornatus | Data deficient |
| Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | Data deficient |
| Blacktip shark | Carcharhinus limbatus | Data deficient |
| Gulper shark | Centrophorus granulosus | Data deficient |
| Black shark | Dalatias licha | Data deficient |
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