#2055 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Zebra Shark
🇳🇱 Zebrahaai ·Stegostoma tigrinum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Simon Pierce · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ian Banks · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Ian Banks · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Ocyrhoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © J. Martin Crossley · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Pauline Fey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © moustachefrog · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Brenton Prigge · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The zebra shark ( Stegostoma tigrinum ) is a species of carpet shark and the sole member of the family Stegostomatidae . It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, frequenting coral reefs and sandy flats to a depth of 62 m (203 ft). Adult zebra sharks are distinctive in appearance, with five longitudinal ridges on a cylindrical body, a low caudal fin comprising nearly half the total length, and usually a pattern of dark spots on a pale background. Young zebra...
base stats
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.
- 1,451 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Zebra Shark
- Nederlands
- Zebrahaai
- scientific name
- Stegostoma tigrinum
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Orectolobiformes
- family
- Stegostomatidae
- IUCN Red List
- EN · endangered
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,451
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1303450, Wikidata Q107055371, GBIF 2417464, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.