Wikipedia:WikiProject Sharks/Template shark article

This page describes a template shark article. First part just lists the headings and gives an idea on what to write in each section, the second part gives examples.

<A tax box> Including picture and all field as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage <A general description of the sharks size and habitat and a few descriptive sentences, this is a executive overview of the article>

Taxonomy

<Describe who first named it, the evolution of the name, i.e. how has it been renamed and merged/split from other species, describe why it has its name i.e. the meaning of the word. If of interest also describe its names in other languages>

Distribution and habitat

<Describe in more detail where this shark lives, where it spends most of it time. Describe if it is abundant or threatened. A distribution map would be very nice if one can be made. >

See Shark habitat maps on Commons for any distribution maps already made.

A blank map edit your map from this

Distribution maps

The basic template map is the world map without country borders (Image:BlankMap-World-noborders.png) that can be found at Wikipedia:Blank maps.

The blue colour shows where the species is (sometimes) present and white is where it is absent.

The grey colour has R:205 G:195 B:204 The blue colour has R:0 G:0 B:255

If you edit a map, try to save at full-quality so that no blurring occurs at the edge of the countries - this blurring makes further editing of the map more difficult because the "fill" function of many image editing programs don't work with the blurred edges.

Anatomy and appearance

<Describe the shark in detail - what does it look like. Describe differences between distinct areas if any. Describe how it can be identified compared to its other similar looking species. Describe its teeth. Describe the maximum size, if available, describe the size difference between females and males and the size at birth, describe both length and weight>

Diet

<Describe what it eats. Describe any specific hunting behaviour that have been observed.>

Behavior

<Describe how it behaves, if swimming in schools or alone, if different behaviour during day and night, if it sleeps on the bottom or always swims, describe if it is aggressive, if it has attacked, killed humans, if it only does so when provoked.>

Reproduction

< Describe mating season, where young are feed, gestation period, when sexual maturity is reached, if it is Viviparous, Oviparity or Ovoviviparity. >

Relationship to humans

<Describe interaction with humans, where humans see it, if there is diving with it, or other tourist events, describe if it is common in aquariums, describe if it is fished for sport or commercially. >

See also

• List of shark articles in Wikipedia

References

< Place inline citations with {{reflist}} after the references header in a {{refbegin}}'' {{reflist}} ====General references==== ''< list general references for the page, below is a set of good examples to find general shark info. If there are enough also list in a {{tlx|refbegin}}...{{tlx|refend}}. {{refbegin}}*[[Leonard J. V. Compagno]], ''Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes'', Princeton University Press, [[1988]], ISBN 0-691-08453-X *Leonard J. V. Compagno, ''Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date'', [[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]], [[1984]] *[[Leonard J. V. Compagno]], ''FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 4, Parts 1 and 2, Sharks of the World'', [[1984]], Rome: FAO *[[Richard Ellis (biologist)|Richard Ellis]], ''The Book of Sharks'', [[1976]], New York: Grosset & Dunlap *[[Thomas H. Lineaweaver III]] and [[Richard H. Backus]], ''The Natural History of Sharks'', [[1969]], Philadelphia: Lippincourt. *[[Reader's Digest]], ''Sharks: Silent Hunters of the Deep'', [[1989]], Sydney: Reader's Digest *[[Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch]], ''Shark: A Photographer's Story'', [[1988]], San Francisco: Sierra Club Books * <nowiki>{{FishBase_species}} template

• {{ITIS}} template

External links

• {{marinebio}} template if exists for this species

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