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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Table 5 Conservation status suggested by Pogonoski et al. (2002) for sharks and rays found in the Great Barrier Reef

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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