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Sharks that start with S
The full list of sharks starting with S: 25 names, taken from the 128 answers to “Name a type of shark” in Icillion.
All 25 sharks that start with S
- Salmon shark
- Sand tigeralso Sand tiger shark, Grey nurse shark, Grey nurse, Ragged-tooth shark, Raggie
- Sandbar sharkalso Brown shark
- Sawsharkalso Saw shark
- Scalloped hammerhead
- Scoophead sharkalso Scoophead
- Sevengill sharkalso Seven-gill shark, Broadnose sevengill, Sevengill
- Sharpnose sevengill
- Sicklefin lemon shark
- Silky shark
- Silvertip sharkalso Silvertip
- Sixgill sharkalso Six-gill shark, Bluntnose sixgill, Sixgill
- Sleeper shark
- Sliteye shark
- Small-spotted catsharkalso Lesser spotted dogfish
- Smalltooth sand tiger
- Smooth hammerhead
- Smooth-houndalso Smoothhound
- Spadenose shark
- Speartooth shark
- Spinner shark
- Spiny dogfishalso Spurdog
- Spot-tail shark
- Squalicoraxalso Crow shark
- Swell shark
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 25 of the 128 sharks (20%).
- Shortest: “Sawshark”. Longest: “Small-spotted catshark”.
- 22 names have more than one word.
- 11 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many sharks start with S?
- 25 of the 128 sharks in Icillion start with S, for example Sand tiger, Scalloped hammerhead and Smooth hammerhead.
- What is the longest name among sharks that start with S?
- The longest is “Small-spotted catshark” and the shortest is “Sawshark”.
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