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The kitefin shark has a widespread patchy distribution. It is found in parts of the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Mediterranean, the western Indian Ocean, and the western and central Pacific Ocean.

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“Bramble sharks” is the common name for the genus containing bramble sharks and prickly sharks. Both are stout, sluggish sharks with short noses and thorn-like denticles. Prickly sharks were recognized as a separate species in 1928. The main distinction is bramble sharks have fewer and sparser denticles.

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Dusky sharks can be found from the surface to depths of up to 400 m (1300 ft), and tend to avoid areas with reduced salinity, such as estuaries.

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We know very little about the breeding biology of graceful sharks. They appear to mate in January and February and give birth after around 9-10 months.

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Small groups of smalltooth sand tigers appear every summer on the rocky reefs at a location called “Shark Point” off of Beirut, Lebanon. 

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If a swell shark is caught and brought to the surface, it can swell its body with air the same way it does with water.

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Leopard sharks typically give birth between April and May, to litters of 4  to 33 pups.