Sharks
WHS where the presence of sharks is remarkable in quantity or variety, especially when mentioned in the brief description.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aldabra Atoll | Tawny Nurse | |
| Archipiélago de Revillagigedo | Silky sharks, Galapagos sharks, white tips and silvertips | |
| Belize Barrier Reef | whalesharks, bullsharks, lemonsharks | |
| Bikini Atoll | "particularly high concentration of several shark species that are considered threatened including gray reef shark, reef whitetip shark" | |
| Brazilian Atlantic Islands | These highly productive waters provide feeding ground for species such as tuna, billfish, cetaceans, sharks... (AB ev) Famous for being a nursery for lemon sharks, also has nurse, tiger | |
| Cocos Island | Galapagos, Hammerhead, Whaleshark, Silky | |
| Galapagos Islands | Galapagos, Hammerhead, Whaleshark, Silky | |
| Great Barrier Reef | Great White Shark, Whaleshark, Hammerhead Shark, Bullshark, Zebra Shark, Basking Shark, Lemon Shark and Greenland Shark | |
| Gulf of California | "There are approximately 40 shark species in the Gulf of California out of which 12 are labeled as threatened" | |
| Ibiza | blue sharks, makos | |
| Komodo National Park | bamboo catfish sharks, Spotted wobbegong | |
| Lagoons of New Caledonia | hammerhead, silky (most of the sharks stay way off coast and that's outside the core zone) | |
| Malpelo | Galapagos, Hammerhead, Whaleshark, Silky | |
| Marquesas Islands | Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini, CR) and Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus, CR) "The coastal marine ecosystem is home to 40 emblematic species, including 16 marine mammals, 26 rays and sharks, and 1 endangered marine turtle, all concentrated around the 12 islands that make up the archipelago and many of which are globally threatened. More than 40% of the fish species are endemic to the ecoregion, all of which dwell in shallow marine, brackish and riverine habitats." - AB Evaluation | |
| Ningaloo Coast | Leopard Sharks, Tawny Nurse Sharks, Cat Sharks and Wobbegongs | |
| Ogasawara Islands | Sand Tiger Sharks | |
| Rock Islands | "gray reef sharks, blacktips and whitetips", and possibly leopard sharks | |
| Sanganeb | home to populations of sharks (AB ev) - Hammerheads | |
| Shark Bay | "Large numbers of sharks and rays are readily observed" (OUV), "There are at least 28 shark species in Shark Bay. The most impressive is the Tiger Shark or "thaaka" in Malgana language. The most common to spot is the Nervous Shark, a small shark that gets its name due to its timid nature." Also has banded wobbegong. | |
| Tubbataha Reefs | whaleshark, tigershark, whitetip reef sharks are common |
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