Blue Shark

Eric Knewitz

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Blue sharks, Prionace glauca, have streamlined bodies with characteristic blue coloration on the dorsal side. They are common and found in oceans around the world.

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Eric Knewitz

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Blue sharks, Prionace glauca, have streamlined bodies with characteristic blue coloration on the dorsal side. They are common and found in oceans around the world.

Blue Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_shark
Blue Shark - Prionace glauca - ARKive

Learn more about the Blue shark - with amazing Blue shark videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Blue Shark

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. This page contains educational sections about the biology, ecology and conservation of the Blue Shark.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/prionace-glauca
Blue Sharks, Prionace glauca - MarineBio

Find out what's known about Blue Sharks including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=35
Prionace glauca (Blue Shark)

Information on population statistics of the blue shark from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39381/0
The Shark Trust - Blue Shark

The Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) is a pelagic, oceanic shark, widespread in temperate and tropical waters down to 600m.
http://www.sharktrust.org/en/blue_shark
Blue Shark - Oceana

Blue Sharks are curious, open-ocean predators that live throughout the global ocean, from the tropics to cold temperate waters. They spend most of their lives far from the coast and are truly a pelagic species.
http://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/blue-shark
Blue Shark - Elasmodiver

General information about blue sharks
http://www.elasmodiver.com/Blue%20shark.htm
Blue Shark - Shark Week - Discovery

Meet the blue shark (Prionace glauca). The blue shark's streamlined, indigo-blue body seems to move effortlessly through the water.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/types-of-shark/blue-shark/
The Blue Shark - Amazing Facts & Stats

Find facts on Blue Sharks here; their habitat, diet and reproduction.
http://www.sharksider.com/blue-shark/
Blue Shark- Shark Facts and Information

Information about blue sharks; their habitat, diet and reproduction
http://www.sharks-world.com/blue_shark/

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Blue shark Temporal range: Miocene-recent ^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A blue shark in the Azores
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Prionace Cantor, 1849
Species:	P. glauca
Binomial name
*Prionace glauca* ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Range of the blue shark

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Blue Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_shark
Blue Shark - Prionace glauca - ARKive

Learn more about the Blue shark - with amazing Blue shark videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/
FLMNH Ichthyology Department: Blue Shark

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. This page contains educational sections about the biology, ecology and conservation of the Blue Shark.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/species-profiles/prionace-glauca
Blue Sharks, Prionace glauca - MarineBio

Find out what's known about Blue Sharks including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=35
Prionace glauca (Blue Shark)

Information on population statistics of the blue shark from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39381/0
The Shark Trust - Blue Shark

The Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) is a pelagic, oceanic shark, widespread in temperate and tropical waters down to 600m.
http://www.sharktrust.org/en/blue_shark
Blue Shark - Oceana

Blue Sharks are curious, open-ocean predators that live throughout the global ocean, from the tropics to cold temperate waters. They spend most of their lives far from the coast and are truly a pelagic species.
http://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/blue-shark
Blue Shark - Elasmodiver

General information about blue sharks
http://www.elasmodiver.com/Blue%20shark.htm
Blue Shark - Shark Week - Discovery

Meet the blue shark (Prionace glauca). The blue shark's streamlined, indigo-blue body seems to move effortlessly through the water.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/types-of-shark/blue-shark/
The Blue Shark - Amazing Facts & Stats

Find facts on Blue Sharks here; their habitat, diet and reproduction.
http://www.sharksider.com/blue-shark/
Blue Shark- Shark Facts and Information

Information about blue sharks; their habitat, diet and reproduction
http://www.sharks-world.com/blue_shark/

Blue shark Temporal range: Miocene-recent ^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A blue shark in the Azores
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Prionace Cantor, 1849
Species:	P. glauca
Binomial name
*Prionace glauca* ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Range of the blue shark

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Blue Shark

Blue sharks, Prionace glauca, have streamlined bodies with characteristic blue coloration on the dorsal side. They are common and found in oceans around the world.

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