Lost Shark

Carcharhinus obsoletus

• Group: Shark
• For divers: safe
• IUCN status: CR

Described from a single juvenile and never seen alive by scientists, the lost shark is known only from old market specimens in the South China Sea. Birth size is close to 34 centimetres, and intense fishing across its range has left it Critically Endangered, possibly already gone.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Carcharhiniformes › Carcharhinidae › Carcharhinus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1523902.