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Shark myths and facts
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/shark-myths-and-facts/Discover the truth about sharks.
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Common Sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/common-sawshark-pristiophorus-cirratus/Common Sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794)
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Goblin Shark
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/goblin-shark-mitsukurina-owstoni/Goblin Shark, Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898
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Frill Shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/frill-shark-chlamydoselachus-anguineus-garman-1884/Frill Shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884
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Largetooth Cookiecutter Shark, Isistius plutodus Garrick & Springer, 1964
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/largetooth-cookiecutter-shark-isistius-plutodus/Largetooth Cookiecutter Shark, Isistius plutodus Garrick & Springer, 1964
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Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini (Griffin & Smith, 1834)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/scalloped-hammerhead-sphyrna-lewini/Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini (Griffin & Smith, 1834)
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Helicoprion
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/helicoprion/Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shark-like eugeneodont fish (a group of extinct cartilaginous fishes). Members of Eugenodontida possess a unique morphological feature called “tooth whorls”. They first appeared in the Devonian before going extinct in the Early Triassic.
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Moller's Lanternshark, Etmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/mollers-lanternshark/Moller's Lanternshark is a deepwater shark found in the Southwest Pacific.
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Triple Beizam Hammerhead Shark Headdress: An interview with Ken Thaiday
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/triple-beizam-hammerhead-shark-headdress-an-interview-with-ken-thaiday/Torres Strait artist Ken Thaiday talks about what his work and his totem, the hammerhead shark means to him.
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Lizard Fish - Shark Beaching
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lizard-fish-shark-beaching/Marine biologist Amanda Hay is on beautiful Lizard Island where she is conducting research into behaviour of larval fishes. Today, she writes about an encounter at the beach.
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