#2031 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Leopard Shark
🇳🇱 Luipaardhaai ·Triakis semifasciata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrew Harmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mfield · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Marco Mazza · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Marco Mazza · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Andrew Harmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © blueness · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © dylancrouch · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The leopard shark ( Triakis semifasciata ) is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae. S. state of Oregon to Mazatlán in Mexico. 9 ft) long, this slender-bodied shark is immediately identifiable by the striking pattern of black saddle-like markings and large spots over its back, from which it derives its common name. Large schools of leopard sharks are a common sight...
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.
- 3,421 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1855 (171 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Leopard Shark
- Nederlands
- Luipaardhaai
- scientific name
- Triakis semifasciata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Carcharhiniformes
- family
- Triakidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,421
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1855 by Charles Frédéric Girard
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Triakidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52297, Wikidata Q1478899, GBIF 2418369, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.