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Sharks are important component of the coastal and offshore fisheries of Pakistan. A total of 79 species of sharks belonging to Infraclass Selachii (Subclass: Elasmobranchii) and 6 orders are recorded from Pakistan. Order Carcharhiniformeswas observed to be most prolific taxon represented by 48 species belonging to 6 families. Commercially important genus Carcharhinus is represented 18 species whereas genus Chiloscylliumby 5 species, genus Sphyrna by 4 species and genus Alopias by 3 species whereas other genera are represented by either 2 or 1 species. Three species namely Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon), Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) and Indian sand tiger (Carcharias tricuspidatus) used to commonly occurring in Pakistan but now seem to be locally extinct as no confirmed record of their occurrence is available far the last about 40 years. The paper reviewed the historical records of shark species occurring in Pakistan resolving some of the issues in their taxonomy.
Muhammad Moazzam, Hamid Badar Osmany. (2021) SPECIES COMPOSITION, COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, DISTRIBUTION AND SOME ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF SHARK (CLASS PISCES: SUBCLASS: ELASMOBRANCHII: INFRACLASS: SELACHII) FROM PAKISTAN: TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS, , Volume 18, Issue 3.
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