Noun
The common sand shark. See under Snad.
A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
Source: Webster's dictionarySixteen of these fish were chosen to become part of the Adopt-A-Fish program, four each of paddlefish, blue suckers, shovelnose sturgeon and pallid sturgeon. Source: Internet
There will be more shark encounters, but first passers-by are invited by attendants to lean over the touch pool and reach out to the horseshoe crabs, rays and a pair of young shovelnose guitarfish “with one finger, except for the eyes and tails.” Source: Internet