Shark
Selachimorpha
Not Kosher
Has fins but no scales
Fins
Yes
Scales
No
Description
Sharks are caught for their meat and their fins, the latter used in shark fin soup.
Sharks live in all the seas, commonly down to about 2,000 meters. Most can't survive in fresh water, though bull sharks and river sharks tolerate both salt and fresh water.
Also known as
- Mako
- Great white
- Hammerhead
- Bull shark
- Tiger shark
- Blue shark
- Dogfish
Shark in foreign languages
| Scientific | Selachimorpha |
| Hebrew | דמויי כריש |
| Yiddish | הייפיש |
| Arabic | قرش |
| Spanish | tiburones |
| Portuguese | Tubarão |
| French | Requin |
| Italian | squali |
| German | Haie |
| Greek | Καρχαρίας |
| Russian | Акулы |
| Turkish | Köpekbalığı |
| Chinese | 鲨鱼 |
| Japanese | サメ |
| Korean | 상어 |
| Hindi | हाँगर |
| Bengali | হাঙ্গর |
| Vietnamese | Cá mập |
| Thai | ปลาฉลาม |
| Indonesian | Hiu |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- A cartilaginous fish covered in dermal denticles, also called placoid scales, which don't meet the kosher definition of scales, so it is not kosher.
- After death a shark breaks urea down into ammonia, so the flesh can smell strongly of ammonia.
- Dogfish is a small shark and carries the same ruling.