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Sharks that start with B
The full list of sharks starting with B: 15 names, taken from the 128 answers to “Name a type of shark” in Icillion.
All 15 sharks that start with B
- Bamboo shark
- Basking sharkalso Basking
- Bigeye sand tiger
- Bigeye thresher
- Bignose shark
- Blacknose shark
- Blacktip reef shark
- Blacktip sharkalso Blacktip
- Blind shark
- Blue shark
- Bonnetheadalso Bonnethead shark
- Borneo shark
- Bramble shark
- Broadfin shark
- Bull sharkalso Bull, Zambezi shark
About this list
- B is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 15 of the 128 sharks (12%).
- Shortest: “Blue shark”. Longest: “Blacktip reef shark”.
- 14 names have more than one word.
- 4 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many sharks start with B?
- 15 of the 128 sharks in Icillion start with B, for example Bull shark, Basking shark and Blue shark.
- What is the longest name among sharks that start with B?
- The longest is “Blacktip reef shark” and the shortest is “Blue shark”.
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