Pascal Kobeh / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in open water, Guadalupe island, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Jordi Chias / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) close up, Azores, Portugal. Finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2014

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The largest Basking sha...

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) at the surface, split level. Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. West Atlantic Ocean.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei) Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Doug Perrine / Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) female with mating scars and copepod parasites trailing from fins, Port Fidalgo, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Digital composite

Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) over sand ripples, Walkers Cay, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean. Taken with natural light.

Alex Mustard / Split level image of Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) breaking surface at dusk. Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Digitally manipulated image.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Hammerhead shark. (Sphyrnidae) Hawaii

Pete Oxford / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Alex Mustard / Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) portrait, resting on rubble on a coral reef. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Lesser spotted catshark / Dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) hiding amongst seaweeds, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, April. Did you know? There are at least 21 native British sharks.

Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Winner of British Nature in Black and White catego...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Lesser spotted catshark / dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) hiding amongst sea weeds, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, England, UK, English Channel, April

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) silhouette, feeding on floating fish eggs (not visible) just below the surface in calm weather. Note the bow wave ahead of the shark. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) disappears back into the blue in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? Basking sharks are the second larges...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) with mouth wide open feeding on plankton concentrated in surface waters close to the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition....

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding in open water, Cornwall, England, UK, June

Michele Westmorland / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Galapagos Islands., Darwin Island and Arch, Galapagos

Juergen Freund / Whale shark portrait {Rhincodon typus} Indo-Pacific

Alex Mustard / Triton Bay epaulette shark / Walking shark (Hemiscyllium henryi) walking along the seabed on its fins at night, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. New species first described in 2006.

Juergen Freund / Tassled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) portrait. Little Bahama Bank. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Brownbanded bambooshark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) on the seabed at night. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Mark Carwardine / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aerial view of juvenile, La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) accompanied by Remoras (Echeneis naucrates) cruises over sponges on a coral reef. Grand Bahama. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Diver near two Nurse sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) resting, Maldives. Indian Ocean. April 2013.

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) from above with Remoras (Echeneis naucrates). Little Bahama Bank. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus)~St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada~NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over a colourful coral reef. Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) Cape Point, South Africa

Alex Mustard / Angelshark (Squatina squatina) resting on the seabed at night. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, East Atlantic Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Tawny nurse shark eye, close-up {Nebrius ferrugineus} Indo Pacific

Alex Mustard / Four Whitetip Reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) resting together on a ledge. Roca Partida, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean. February

Alex Mustard / Grey nurse /Sand Tiger / Ragged-tooth Shark (Carcharias taurus) Fish Rock, Southwest Rock, New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Ocean. November

Pascal Kobeh / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with shoal of anchovies staying near to avoid predation. Los Roques, Venezuela. Caribbean.

Alex Mustard / A young Whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) less than 5m in length, 'botella' feeding on plankton near the surface, by hanging vertical in the water like a bottle. La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez. October

Juergen Freund / Raja Ampat 'Walking Shark' Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllum freycineti) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / A large female Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) cruises over sea grass. Walkers Cay, Northern Bahama Islands, Republic of Bahamas. March

Doug Perrine / Greenland sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada~NB: this shark was wild and unrestrained

Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) mouth open filter feeding at the surface, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico, Caribbean Sea.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) near a fishing device called Bagan, a stationary outrigger fishing boat. Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) accompanied by a group of Pilotfish (Naucrates ductor). Rocky Island, Egypt. Red Sea

Alex Mustard / Triton Bay epaulette shark / Walking shark (Hemiscyllium henryi) walking along the seabed on its fins at night, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. New species first described in 2006.

Alex Mustard / A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) above corals and sponges on a reef. Grand Bahama, Bahamas.

Alex Mustard / Draughtsboard Shark / Australian Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) swims through a giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Like a pufferfish, this species of shark is able to rapidly swell with...

Alex Mustard / Dorsal fins of three Whitetip Reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) resting on the reef, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean. February

Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in shallow water at the surface, split level. Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. West Atlantic Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Silvertip sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) in open water, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus maculatus) lying in seaweed. Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Ocean. November

Alex Mustard / A large female Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) swimming in open water. Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean. March

Alex Mustard / A split level digital composite showing a Basking shark (Ceterhinus maximus) feeding on plankton around St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK. June

Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) swimming near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Highly commended in the Portraits category...

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) swimming and filtering fish eggs from the water. A behaviour known as ram-feeding. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.

Jeff Rotman / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) close up of eye, Bimini, Bahamas

Alex Mustard / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) as it cruises beneath the surface of the Red Sea, close to Little Brother Island. The Brothers Islands, Egy...

Alex Mustard / Tasseled wobbegong shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) yawning. Citrus Ridge, Yanggefo Island, Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) head on beneath the surface. Rocky Island, Egypt. Red Sea

Alex Mustard / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) male in shallow water. South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Detail of the eye of Dogfish / Lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Juergen Freund / Tassled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) hiding under a school of glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgkii). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / A pair of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) cruise over a coral reef in the Bahamas. Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Tassled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) resting on a large coral. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) group, one with Remora (Remora) Coral Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Alex Mustard / Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) swimming away from each other while feeding. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus} + diver Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-pacific

Pascal Kobeh / Tail of a Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in open water, Los Roques, Venezuela. Caribbean.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark {Rhincodon typus}, Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean

Juergen Freund / Whale shark split level {Rhincodon typus} Christmas Island, Australia

Juergen Freund / Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} with Remora fish, Great Barrier reef, Queensland, Australia

Jeff Rotman / Scalloped Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) at seamount, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark and person swimming in silhouette {Rhinicodon typus} Indo Pacific

Jeff Rotman / Head, eyes and mouth of hammerhead shark.

Juergen Freund / Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) at reef, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) cruises beneath the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August.

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) split level view, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Tony Wu / Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) lying on sandy bottom at a reef located in Wolverine Passage, part of the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pussilus) feeding on Blue shark (Prionace glauca) which it caught and killed Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) feeding on Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) bait ball, Cape Point, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Spotted Gulley shark (Triakis megalopterus) Cape Point, South Africa.

Pascal Kobeh / Diver with Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in open water, Guadalupe island, Mexico. Pacific Ocean. November 2006.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) feeding on sardines (Sardinops ocellatus ) East London, South Africa

Alex Mustard / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding at the surface on plankton, Cairns Of Coll, Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North East Atlantic Ocean, June

Chris & Monique Fallows / Bronze whaler sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus) feeding on sardines (Sardinops ocellata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) with wound on fin, feeding on sardine shoal, East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carchardon carcharias) with Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Jeff Rotman / Gills of Whitetip Reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carchardon carcharias) breaching on seal decoy at dawn, False Bay, South Africa

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) feeding on Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) bait ball, Cape Point, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carchardon carcharias) swimming at surface near Fish Hoek Beach, False Bay, South Africa

Jeff Rotman / Whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) pack silhouetted following scent trail in water column, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean