Odontaspis

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Only in 1998 was the latest shark species discovered (Odontaspis ferox).

Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia 2008
They include the giant grouper Epinephilus itajara (CR), and blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (VU); the rare deep water ragged-tooth shark Odontaspis ferox, hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, (300 individuals), nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum (VU), whale shark Rhincodon typus (VU: 1,000), whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Galapagos and ocean whitetip sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis and C. longimanus (VU).

Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia 2008