First dorsal–fin origin well behind pectoral–fin Interdorsal ridge free rear tip present Long free rear tip
Whale shark Guinea (Barbados) Silky shark Rhincodon typus Shortfin mako Smooth skin (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 3.3 m (11 ft) CITES: App. II Max. Total Length: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in) Lion (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 4.0 m (13 ft 2 in) Carcharhinus falciformis Isurus oxyrinchus
Oceanic white tip shark Sharks are worth more alive than dead, All fin (Barbados) It is believed that the shortfin mako is especially in the Caribbean! Carcharhinus longimanus the fastest shark in the ocean. CITES: App. II
First dorsal–fin origin over pectoral–fin Interdorsal ridge inner margin present Long, broadly rounded pectoral fins with white tips Max. Total Length: 4.0 m (13 ft 2 in)
Anterior margin of head Scalloped hammerhead broadly arched with a median indentation Sphyrna lewini CITES: App. II Blue shark Blue peter (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 4.0 m (13 ft 2 in) Caribbean reef shark Prionace glauca Reef shark (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) Carcharhinus perezii
Sharks maintain balance in the marine ecosystem. Max. Total Length: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Great hammerhead Tiger shark Sphyrna mokarran Anterior margin of head nearly Zambezee (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) Snout bluntly CITES: App. II straight in adults rounded and short No interdorsal Galeocerdo cuvier ridge
Max. Total Length: 6.1 m (20 ft) Bull shark (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) Smooth hammerhead Bull shark Anterior margin of head Carcharhinus leucas broadly arched with no Sphyrna zygaena Cuban dogfish median indentation CITES: App. II Spur shark (Barbados) Max. Total Length: 1.1 m (3 ft 8 in) Squalus cubensis
Max. Total Length: 4.0 m (13 ft 2 in)
Manta rays Nurse shark Manta spp. Max. Total Length: 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) Trade in those species listed Ginglymostoma cirratum under CITES* Appendix II CITES: App. II should be controlled and monitored to ensure Some of the other common shark species utilization compatible with found in Barbados include: the longfin Spotted eagle ray Southern stingray their survival. mako (bastard) (Isurus paucus), the common Max. Disc Width: 7.0 m (22 ft 12 in) C O P A C O Aetobatus narinari Dasyatis americana thresher (fox tail)(Alopias vulpinus) and the *Convention on International Trade in lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Western Central Atlantic Max. Disc Width: 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in) Max. Disc Width: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Fishery Commission Job nr. BC383e/1/01.16 nr. Job Colour illustrations and graphic design by Emanuela D’Antoni (FAO) For more information, contact: The Barbados Fisheries Division tel. (246) 426–3745 © FAO 2015