Weird Sharks #9: Requiem Sharks (In Florida Waters)

This not a specific shark at all, but rather a huge family of sharks that contain many, many sub-orders of sharks.  In those sub-orders, there are some strange ones to be found for sure, but I'm concentrating on this family because so many well known sharks belong to it, many in Floridian waters....and the name Requiem Sharks, just sounds to ominous not mention it!  Because, how cool is it that the likes of Tigers, Silkies, Lemons, Blues, Bulls and the spooky sounding Night Shark all belong to the family "Requiem"?!

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN THE WATER AROUND FLORIDA:

Tiger Shark

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Blacknose Shark

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Silvertip Shark

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Bignose Shark

Conservation Status:  Data Deficient due to deep habitat

Copper Shark AKA Bronze Whaler

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Spinner Shark (seen this one a few times)

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Silky Shark (Concentrated in FLA waters)

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Finetooth Shark

Conservation Status:  Least Concern

Here's the bad boy of them all!  Bull Shark (I've seen many, many of these--I've fished "by" them)

Concentrated in FLA waters

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Blacktip Shark (concentrated in FLA waters, in fact they are concentrated in tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world)

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened

Oceanic Whitetip Shark (concentrated in FLA waters, in fact ALL tropical waters of the world, they are a pelagic shark)

Conservation Status:  Vulnerable

Dusky Shark (concentrated in FLA waters and in other tropical and semitropical coastal areas)

Conservation Status:  Vulnerable

Caribbean Reef Shark (Concentrated in FLA waters)

Conservation Status:  Vulnerable

Sandbar Shark (Concentrated in FLA water and elsewhere)

Conservation Status:  Vulnerable

Night Shark (Concentrated in FLA waters and elsewhere)

Conservation Status:  Vulnerable

Lemon Shark (Concentrated in FLA waters)

Conservation Status:  Near Threatened 

Blue Shark  (Concentrated Worldwide, including FLA, in all temperatures of water, except arctic waters)

Conservation status:  Near Threatened

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Concentrated in FLA waters and all up and down the east coast and Mexico)

Conservation status:  Least Concern