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Yes. There are several dozen species of sharks in Shark Bay, which is located in northwestern Western Australia. The most common species include:

  • Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) - Shark Bay has one of the world's largest populations of tiger sharks.
  • Western wobbegong (Orectolobus hutchinsi)
  • Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)
  • Banded wobbegong (Orectolobus halei)
  • Grey carpet shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
  • Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)
  • Zebra shark (Stegastoma fasciatum)
  • Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
  • Grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus)
  • White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
  • Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
  • Whiskery shark (Furgaleus macki)
  • Pencil shark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis)
  • Weasel shark (Hemigaleus microstoma)
  • Fossil shark (Hemipristis elongata)
  • Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
  • Nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
  • Whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)
  • Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
  • Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
  • Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
  • Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
  • Lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)
  • Milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
  • Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
  • Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
  • Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
  • Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

    Less common, but still observed in Shark Bay, are:

  • Creek whaler (Carcharhinus fitzroyensis)
  • Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
  • Common blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
  • Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
  • Pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
  • Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
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