shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...

is a cartilaginous, usually carnivorous fish. Shark, Sharks or The Shark may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters

Shark (comics) Sabbac Vic Sage Salem the Witch Girl Salem the Witch Girl (Salem Nader) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the sidekick and apprentice of the original Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Doctor ...

, the name of several characters in DC Comics *

King Shark King Shark is a supervillain and later antihero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character, also known as Nanaue, was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett. King Shark's first key appearance was in ''Superboy (c ...

, a fictional supervillain * Shark, in the TV series '' 12 oz. Mouse'' * Shark, in the TV show ''

WordWorld ''WordWorld'' is an American animated children's television series based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. The series was created by Don Moody, Jacqueline Moody, Peter Schneider and Gary Friedman, it was produced by Word Wo ...

Film and television

* ''Sharks'' (1917 film), a French silent crime film * ''The Shark'' (1920 film), a lost American silent film * ''The Shark'' (1930 film), a French film * ''The Sharks'' (film), a 2019 Uruguayan film * '' Shark!'', a 1969 American action film * ''Shark'' (2000 film), a horror film * ''Shark'' (2021 film), an Australian short film * ''Shark'' (South Korean TV series), 2013 * ''Shark'' (American TV series), 2006–2008 * ''Shark'' (British TV series), 2015 * '' Shark: Mind of a Demon'', a 2006 TV documentary * ”Sharks”, residential entrepreneurs on ''

Shark Tank ''Shark Tank'' is an American business Reality television#Investments, reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC.Hibberd, James (May 10, 2012)Dancing,' 'Bachelor,' and a bigger 'Shark Tank ...

Literature

* ''Shark'' (novel), by Will Self, 2014 * ''The Sharks'' (novel), by Jens Bjørneboe, 1974 * ''Shark'', a short story by

Edward Bryant Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. (August 27, 1945 – February 10, 2017) was an American science fiction and horror fiction, horror writer sometimes associated with the Dangerous Visions series of anthologies that bolstered New Wave (science fiction), ...

, 1973. * ''The Shark'', a ''Witch Creek Road'' Season 2 storyline by Garth Matthams and Kenan Halilović, 2021

Music

Sharks (band formed 2007) Sharks were an English punk rock band from Leamington Spa, near Birmingham, England, consisting of James Mattock (lead vocals and guitar), Andrew Bayliss (guitar), Sam Lister (drums), and Carl Murrihy (bass). Sharks disbanded in July 2013. H ...

, a British punk rock band *

Sharks (band formed 1972) Sharks are a British rock band formed in 1972 by bassist Andy Fraser upon his departure from Free. They were signed to Island Records and were highly rated by critics, especially for Chris Spedding's guitar work. The original line-up consis ...

, a British rock band *

The Sharks (band) The Sharks were a new wave band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania from early 1980s to mid-1990s. History The band members started by playing cover versions of songs by new wave artists such as Elvis Costello, U2, and Talking Heads, but soon progre ...

, an American new wave band * ''Sharks'' (album), by UFO, 2002 * "Shark", a song by Oh Wonder from the 2015 album ''

Oh Wonder Oh Wonder are an English, London-based alt-pop duo consisting of Anthony Vander West (né West) and Josephine Vander West (née Vander Gucht). Since releasing their debut album, they have seen international success with their alt-pop singles. O ...

'' * "Shark", a song by Throwing Muses from the 1996 album ''

Limbo The unofficial term Limbo (, or , referring to the edge of Hell) is the afterlife condition in medieval Catholic theology, of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. However, it has become the gene ...

'' * "Sharks", a song by Test Icicles from the 2005 album ''

For Screening Purposes Only ''For Screening Purposes Only'' is the debut studio album by UK dance-punk trio Test Icicles, released in 2005. It was critically praised for being unique and compelling in an increasingly homogenous indie music scene. Following the group's sp ...

'' * "Sharks", a song by Red Fang from the 2009 album ''

Red Fang Red Fang is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2005. It is composed of guitarist and vocalist Bryan Giles, bassist and vocalist Aaron Beam, guitarist David Sullivan and drummer John Sherman. The band has released five studi ...

'' * "Sharks" (song), a song by Imagine Dragons from the 2022 album ''Mercury – Acts 1 & 2'' * "Sharks", a song by The Warning from the 2024 album ''

Keep Me Fed ''Keep Me Fed'' is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band The Warning. It was released on 28 June 2024, through Lava and Republic Records. ''Keep Me Fed'' was chosen to the 19th position on the ''Kerrang!'' magazine's "The 50 Best Album ...

'' *

WRXZ WRXZ (107.1 FM) is a mainstream rock radio station licensed to Briarcliffe Acres, South Carolina and serves the Myrtle Beach area. The iHeartMedia outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an ERP of 50 ...

, a radio station licensed to Briarcliffe Acres, South Carolina, United States and called The Shark in the 1990s *

WSFS (FM) WSFS (104.3 MHz, "104.3 The Shark") is an FM radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts an alternative rock format targeting Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. Its ...

, a radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida, United States and called "104.3 The Shark" since 2015 *

WWSK WWSK (94.3 FM) is a mainstream rock formatted radio station, licensed to Smithtown, New York, and owned by Connoisseur Media. The station's studios are located at Airport Plaza in Farmingdale, New York, and its transmitter is located in ...

, a radio station licensed to Smithtown, New York, United States and called The Shark since 2012

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''

The Headington Shark The Headington Shark (proper name ''Untitled 1986'') is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It was protest art, put up without permiss ...

'', or just ''The Shark'', a 1986 sculpture in Headington, Oxford, England * ''

Sharks! ''Sharks!'' is an art installation in London, England by architect Jaimie Shorten. The art was built following its concept winning the 2020 Antepavilion, an annual art contest. Art ''Sharks!'' consists of five life-sized fibreglass model sh ...

,'' a public art installation in London, England

Businesses, organisations and brand names

* Shark (helmet manufacturer), France * Shark Energy, a drink * Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), an animal rights organization * Shark, a brand of vacuum cleaner manufactured and marketed by

SharkNinja SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company based in Needham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1994 by Mark Rosenzweig and led by CEO Mark Barrocas, who joined the company in 2008 as president, the company's name is formed by combining ...

Military

Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for "torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance", in reference to i ...

, a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft * , the name of several Royal Navy ships * , the name of several U.S. Navy ships *

The Sharks (Royal Navy) The "Sharks" were the Royal Navy's Helicopter Display Team from 1975 to 1992. They initially flew six red Westland Gazelle helicopters, with aircraft and pilots drawn from 705 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose (HMS ''Seahawk''), Cornw ...

, a helicopter display team 1975–1992 * PNS ''Hangor'' (S131), a 1969 Pakistan Navy submarine nicknamed "The Shark" *

Typhoon-class submarine The Project 941 ''Akula'' (, meaning 'shark', NATO reporting name Typhoon), was a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. With a submerged displacement of , the Typhoons ...

, native name Akula (Russian Акула,'Shark')

People

* The Shark (nickname), a list of people *

Amy Shark Amy Louise Billings (born 14 May 1986), known professionally as Amy Shark, is an Australian indie pop singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer from the Gold Coast, Queensland. During 2008 to 2012, her early solo material was released and perfo ...

(born 1986), Australian singer-songwriter *

Shark (musician) Shark (born David Sharkey Shaw) is a Los Angeles–based musician, film composer, radio host, and is a founding member and guitarist for American alternative band Wild Colonials. He also records under the name Shark and Co.. The name Sharkey is a ...

, Americana singer-songwriter / Score composer

Places

* Shark, Arkansas, U.S. *

Shark, Kyrgyzstan Shark () is a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kara-Suu District Kara-Suu () is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 448,608 in 2021. The administrative seat lies ...

, Osh Region * Shark Lake, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia * Shark Peak, Antarctica * Shark Valley, Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.

Science and technology

Shark (application) The Apple Developer Tools are a suite of software tools from Apple to aid in making software dynamic titles for the macOS and iOS platforms. The developer tools were formerly included on macOS install media, but are now exclusively distributed o ...

, an Apple software development optimization tool * Shark, a release of

VP-Info VP-Info is a database language and compiler for the personal computer. VP-Info was a competitor to the Clipper and dBase applications in the late 1980s and 1990s. VP-Info was originally intended to run on MS-DOS, DR-DOS and the PC-MOS/386 operati ...

database language * Shark, an

IBM Enterprise Storage Server The IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or the ''Shark'' is an enterprise storage array from IBM. History Originally, in 1998 IBM released the IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server (VSS). It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in ...

* Soft Hard Real-Time Kernel (S.Ha.R.K. or SHaRK), a component-based real-time kernel architecture *

ShapeWriter ShapeWriter (previously known as Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding (SHARK)) was a keyboard text input method for tablet, handheld PCs, and mobile phones invented by Shumin Zhai and Per Ola Kristensson at IBM Almaden Research Center and the Departme ...

, formerly Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding (SHARK), a data input method *

SHARK Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...

, a block cipher in cryptography * Shark, a World War II Enigma cipher *

Shark 3D Shark 3D is an engine developed by Spinor for creating and viewing interactive 3D scenes. It is mainly used for developing video games and things similar to game engine, game engines, producing films and Television program, TV series, as well as ...

, software

Sports teams

* Aussie Sharks, nickname of Australia's national water polo team * Blue Sharks, nickname of the Hungarian basketball team Hübner Nyíregyháza BS *

Sharks (rugby union) The Sharks (known as the Hollywoodbets Sharks as they are their title sponsor) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and are eligible to compete in eith ...

, a South African rugby union team *

Sharks (Currie Cup) The Sharks (), known as the Hollywoodbets Sharks for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The Sharks are the current representative team of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Uni ...

, a South Africa rugby union team that participates in the Currie Cup tournament *

Sharks F.C. Sharks Football Club was a Nigerian football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They played in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium was Sharks Stadium although they played some of their ...

, a Nigerian football team *

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

, an Australian rugby league team *

Bucks County Sharks The Bucks County Sharks were a rugby league football team based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The team currently plays in the USA Rugby League. Originally known as the New Jersey Sharks, the team was founded in 1997 and joined the now-defunct ...

, an American rugby league team *

Darlington Mowden Park Sharks Darlington Mowden Park Sharks Ladies Rugby Football Club (commonly shortened to DMP Sharks, also known briefly as DMP Durham Sharks for partnership purposes) is a women's rugby union club in Darlington, County Durham, England founded in 1996. Thei ...

, an English women's rugby union club *

East Fremantle Football Club The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks and colloquially referred to as East Freo, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team's home ground is Eas ...

, nicknamed the Sharks, an Australian rules football club *

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the ...

, an English rugby league team once known as Hull Sharks *

Jacksonville Sharks The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The team plays its home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. They were members of the Are ...

, an indoor American football team *

Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) The Jacksonville Sharks were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida which competed in the World Football League in 1974. The Sharks folded during the 1974 season due to financial difficulties, and were succeeded by ...

, a former American football team *

Los Angeles Sharks The Los Angeles Sharks were an ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1974. Their primary home arena was the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena but they sometimes played at the Long Beach Sports Arena when t ...

, an ice hockey team 1972–1974 *

Nova Southeastern Sharks The Nova Southeastern Sharks are the athletic teams representing Nova Southeastern University. Located in Davie, Florida, they are a member of the NCAA Division II ranks and have primarily competed in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) since the ...

, university athletics teams *

Orlando Sharks The Orlando Sharks were a professional American indoor soccer team based in Orlando, Florida Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 censu ...

, an American indoor soccer team *

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...

, an English rugby union team *

San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...

, an American ice hockey team *

Shanghai Sharks The Shanghai Sharks ( zh, s=上海久事大鲨鱼, t=上海久事大鯊魚, p=Shànghǎi Jǐushì Dàshāyú) are a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Shanghai. The Sharks, who share their colors with the New York Knicks, are best know ...

, a Chinese basketball team *

Sheffield Sharks The Sheffield Sharks, currently known as B.Braun Sheffield Sharks for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball team from the city of Sheffield, England. The Sharks compete in the Super League Basketball and play their home matches at ...

, an English basketball team *

Worcester Sharks The Worcester Sharks were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2006 to 2015. Affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks and located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachu ...

, an American ice hockey team

Transportation

* Dudek Shark, a Polish paraglider * Shark.Aero Shark, a Slovak ultra-light aircraft *

Fly-Fan Shark The Fly-Fan Shark is a Slovak light aircraft designed by Frantisek Sustek and initially developed by Fly-Fan of Trenčín. Development continues under the new owner of the design, AENEA Services. The design was introduced at the AERO Friedri ...

, a Slovak light aircraft *

Shark 24 The Shark 24 is a Canadian-designed 24 ft sailing yacht which has earned itself a reputation of extraordinary reliability and longevity among sailors both in North America and Central Europe. Having been designed by George Hinterhoeller back in ...

, a yacht *

BYD Shark The BYD Shark or BYD Shark 6 in some markets is a plug-in hybrid mid-size pickup truck manufactured by BYD Auto since 2024. The vehicle debuted in Mexico in May 2024 as the first light utility vehicle model made by BYD. It is based on a body-on-f ...

, a pickup truck * ''Shark'', an American speedboat used by Circle Line Downtown * Shark, a version of the

Rotopress The Rotopress is a waste collection vehicle manufactured by the German company Faun Umwelttechnik and formerly by KUKA. It uses a rotating drum to compact waste, and has its origin in a series of designs built by KUKA since the 1920s. The name "Ro ...

garbage truck

Other uses

* Sharking, or

debagging Pantsing, also known as depantsing, debagging, dacking, flagging, sharking, and scanting, is the act of pulling down a person's trousers and sometimes underpants, typically as a practical joke or a form of bullying. Pantsing is a more common pr ...

, pulling down someone's trousers, underwear, or top *

Shark (moth) The shark (''Cucullia umbratica'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution This species is widespread throughout much of the Pal ...

, ''Cucullia umbratica''