The sharks of Nausicaá: have you seen them all?

Arriving in 2025, these sharks come from the Paris Aquarium and the Liège Aquarium. Small reef sharks, they are lively and easily recognisable thanks to the black colour that borders their fins.

This reef shark is much calmer than its blacktip cousin. Sedentary, it prefers to stay close to the bottom. Settled in the lagoon pass since 2025, it is discreet: keep your eyes peeled to spot it!

Peaceful and often resting on the seabed, this shark is born with stripes that turn into spots as it grows. At Nausicaá, reproduction is regular: divers often collect eggs, keratin sacs in which the embryos develop.

These "walking sharks" arrived in 2016 and have reproduced several times. Two individuals have recently joined the reef in the Tropical Escape exhibition, including a female born at Nausicaá. Discreet, they like to hide in the crevices of the rocks: keep your eyes peeled!

As its name suggests, this shark is not very active and is mainly nocturnal. It lives on the seabed, in the kelp forest of the Californian basin. The young horn sharks born at Nausicaá joined the exhibition a few weeks ago. A special feature of these sharks' eggs is that the keratin shell is shaped like a screw, allowing it to attach itself between rocks.

These sharks live in tropical and temperate waters and are constantly on the move. At Nausicaá, they swim in the large open sea tank alongside manta ray, guitarfish, giant stingrays and other species.

Inhabiting kelp forests in cold temperate waters, it shares the Californian tank in the exhibition Mankind and shores. The first births took place at Nausicaá in 2021.

This grey shark with light spots lives on sandy or gravel bottoms. At Nausicaá, it occupies the bottom of the Californian basin. First successful reproduction in 2021!

The Smallspotted Catshark is a small spotted shark that spends its days resting on sandbanks.

A long, slender shark that lives on the sea floor, the dogfish gets its name from the colourful spots covering its body. Dogfish eggs are keratin sacs in which the embryos grow.

Filaments at the four corners of the sac allow it to attach itself to a support during the four to nine months of incubation.

This small shark has the unique ability to survive for several hours out of water. It lives in reef areas where tides can be strong.

Thanks to its thick skin and ability to pump water, it can wait in an exposed reef until the next tide.