Shark (disambiguation)

Shark and similar may refer to:

Animals

• Shark, a group of cartilaginous fishes
• Some bony fishes from the family Cyprinidae; see freshwater shark
• Shark (moth), the noctuid moth species Cucullia umbratica

Individuals

• "The Shark", a nickname of professional baseball player Roger Bernadina
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional poker player Humberto Brenes
• "The Shark", a nickname of former NFL player Kenneth Gant
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional golfer Greg Norman
• "The Shark", an alias of convicted felon Michele Sindona
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional wrestler John Tenta
• "The Shark", a nickname of former college basketball superstar Mark Titus

Types of people

• Card shark, an alternative term for card sharp (again, usually a term for a hustler or cheat, but sometimes also refers to an honest, skilled player or card trick performer)
• Loan shark, one who offers unsecured loans at high interest rates, often backed by threats of violence
• Pool shark, a pool/billiards hustler (sometimes also used simply to refer to a skilled but honest player)

In entertainment

• Shark (comics), a DC Comics supervillain
• Shark (TV series), a CBS legal drama starring James Woods
• Street Sharks, an animated television series about crime-fighting half-man/half-sharks similar to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Gameshark, a brand of cheat cartridges
• Shark! (film), a 1969 action film
• Shark (2000 film), a 2000 horror film
• Shark Tale, a 2004 DreamWorks animated film
• A Code Lyoko monster.

Music

• Sharks (album), an album by rock band UFO
• Sharks (band formed 1972), a British rock band from the 1970s
• Sharks (band formed 2007), a British punk rock band from 2007 onwards
• The Sharks, a new wave band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Shark?, a contemporary Brooklyn based indie rock band
• "Sharks" a song by Test Icicles from the album For Screening Purposes Only

Sports teams

• Cronulla Sharks, an Australian Rugby League team
• East Fremantle Sharks, an Australian Rules football team
• Hull F.C. (once known as Hull Sharks, an English Rugby League team who have now reverted to the name 'Hull F.C.'.
• Jacksonville Sharks, the reigning champion of the Arena Football League
• Orlando Sharks, a U.S. Indoor Soccer team
• NSU Sharks, NCAA II Athletic teams of Nova Southeastern University
• Sale Sharks, an English rugby union team
• San Jose Sharks, a U.S. National Hockey League team
• Shanghai Sharks, a Chinese basketball team
• Sharks F.C., a Nigerian football team
• Sheffield Sharks, an English basketball team
• The Sharks (Super Rugby), a South African rugby union team who play in the Super Rugby competition, or the Natal Sharks, the same team when they play in the Currie Cup
• Worcester Sharks, a U.S. American Hockey League team

Computing

• Shark, a Mac OS X software development optimization tool
• Soft Hard Real-Time Kernel (S.Ha.R.K. or SHaRK), a component-based real-time kernel architecture
• IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or Shark

Miscellaneous products

Refreshments

• Shark bites, a fruit snack produced by Betty Crocker
• Shark Stimulation, an energy drink manufactured in Thailand by Osotspa Co. Ltd.

Vehicles

• Blackburn Shark, a 1930's biplane torpedo bomber
• Shark, a version of the Rotopress garbage truck
• Shark, a speedboat used for Circle Line Downtown

See also

• Shark Island (disambiguation)
• USS Shark, a list of American ships
• SHARK (disambiguation)
• SHARC (disambiguation)
• Jumping the shark
• Shark (helmet manufacturer)
• Akula (Акула), a Typhoon class submarine
• Loan shark