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A total of 37 species of shark have been recorded from the Maldives. Only the whale shark is protected. Many of these are listed below. The sharks in bold are the species that are most heavily targeted by the fisheries.
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English Name
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Scientific Name
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Maldivian Name
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IUCN Red List Designation (2007)
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Bluntnose sixgill shark
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Hexanchus griseus
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Madu mayaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Taiwan gulper shark
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Centrophorus niaukang
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Kashi miyaru
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Near Threatened
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Leafscale gulper shark
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Centrophorus squamosus
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Kashi miyaru
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Vulnerable
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Mosaic gulper shark
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Centrophorus tessellatus
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Kashi miyaru
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Variegated shark
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Stegostoma fasciatum
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Hitha miyaru
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Vulnerable
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Tawny nurse shark
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Nebrius ferrugineus
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Nidhan miyaru
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Vulnerable
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Whale shark
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Rhincodon typus
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Fehurihi
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Vulnerable
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Smalltooth sand tiger
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Odontaspis ferox
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Daiy dhigu miyaru
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Crocodile shark
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Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
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? miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Pelagic thresher shark
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Alopias pelagicus
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Kandi miyaru
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Bigeye thresher shark
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Alopias superciliosus
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Kandi miyaru
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Thresher shark
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Alopias vulpinus
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Kandi miyaru
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Shortfin mako shark
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Isurus oxyrinchus
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Woshimas miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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False catshark
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Pseudotriakis microdon
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Hikandhi thun miyaru
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Silvertip shark
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Carcharhinus albimarginatus
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Kattafulhi miyaru
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Bignose shark
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Carcharhinus altimus
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Mendhan miyaru
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Grey reef shark
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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Thila miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Silky shark
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Carcharhinus falciformis
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Ainu miyaru
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Blacktip shark
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Carcharhinus limbatus
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? miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Oceanic whitetip shark
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Carcharhinus longtmanus
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Feekanfaiy miyaru
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Vulnerable
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Blacktip reef shark
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Carcharhinus melanopterus
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Falhu mathi dhon miyrau
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Spottail shark
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Carcharhinus sorrah
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Dhon miyaru
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Tiger shark
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Galeocerdo cuvier
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Femunu
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Sicklefin lemon shark
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Negaprion acundens
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Olhufathi miyaru
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Blue shark
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Prionace glauca
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Andhun miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Whitetip reef shark
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Triaenodon obesus
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Faana miyaru
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Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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Scalloped hammerhead shark
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Sphyrna lewent
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Kaaligandu miyaru
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