#2017 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Blue Shark

🇳🇱 Blauwe haai ·Prionace glauca

NTnear threatened 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

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. Preferring cooler waters, blue sharks migrate long distances, such as from New England to South America. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,189iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,189 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).