Catsharks are found in the deep waters of the Monterey Canyon, as are sixgill sharks. Spiny dogfish can be fairly common, too. The shark species we are able to maintain successfully are leopard, brown smoothound, sevengill, sixgill, spiny dogfish, swell, horn, filetail, catshark and soupfin sharks. These are generally species that live on or near the seafloor, and adapt well to life in an aquarium tank. The aquarists feed them mackerel, squid, whitebait and anchovies and add some vitamin and mineral supplements to the food.
Whale sharks live in shallow water in the tropics and near-tropics around the world.
These giant sharks swim close to the surface, and open their mouths wide to feed. Feeding whale sharks look a lot like huge vacuum cleaners swimming along just below the surface. Great white sharks eat fishes until they reach large size, and then they switch to seals, sea lions and other marine mammals while continuing to eat some fishes. No one knows how long white sharks live, but 20 years may well be a conservative estimate. This is a hot spot for great white sharks, particularly from Tomales Point to the Farallons.