Keep the categories readable
A handful of broad body plans is enough to help most readers.
Visual reference
Shark Body Shape Comparison
This page is a body-shape companion to the identification guide. It helps a reader sort sharks by overall plan before they start worrying about finer species details.
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Use it as an orientation page
This belongs near the top of the site, not buried under specialist copy.
Link straight into clusters
Each body shape should lead a reader into the right hub or species group.
Useful next pages
Keep moving through the field guide with the pages that make this one more useful.
How to Identify a Shark
The method page this comparison supports.
Shark Head Shapes
A narrower visual comparison that follows naturally from body plan.
Resource Library
The browse page for visual and printable aids.
Keep the guide offline
Pocket Shark is built as an offline shark field guide for iPhone and iPad, so the same comparisons, glossary notes, and species context can stay with you away from a browser.
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