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Shark

SelachimorphaAlso called Selachian and Selachians

Shark is a fish. Cooks deep-fry, ferment, or grill its muscle.

  • Fish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: fish

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Shark, packaged

Photo: Syced · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use shark

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Deep fry
  • Ferment
  • Grill

Nutrition

What 100 g of shark holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 82%Fat 18%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of shark, raw
Energy130 kcal · 544 kJ
Protein21 g
Fat4.5 g
of which saturated0.93 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium79 mg
Cholesterol51 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of shark, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium160 mg
Calcium34 mg
Iron0.84 mg
Magnesium49 mg
Zinc0.43 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)70 µg
Folate3 µg
Vitamin B121.5 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173697), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where shark is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use shark. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list shark among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with shark

5 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Kuwah eungkôt yèe

    Indonesia

  • Shark chutney

    Seychelles

  • Hákarl

    Iceland

  • Sensara

  • Wani ryori

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include shark.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: shark in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: fishChecked and not found: soy, eggs, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: fishChecked and not found: egg, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
fish

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What shark is called

Names in 161 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Selachii · tiburones · selaquimorfos · selacimorfos

  • French

    requins · squales · sélachimorphes

  • Italian

    squali · selaci · selacimorfi

  • Portuguese

    tubarão · cação

  • German

    Hai · Haifische · Haie

  • Dutch

    haaien

  • Greek

    Καρχαρίας · σελαχίμορφα

  • Turkish

    Köpekbalığı

  • Russian

    акулы · акула

  • Polish

    rekiny

  • Arabic

    قرش · قرشيات الشكل

  • Persian

    کوسه · کوسه‌‌ها · درست‌کوسه‌سانان

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  • Achinese

    Yèe

  • acm

    كوسج

  • Afrikaans

    Haaie

  • Albanian

    peshkaqeni · peshkaqenët · Euselachii · Peshkaqeni

  • Amharic

    ድንገተኛ አሣ

  • Aragonese

    Selachimorpha

  • Armenian

    շնաձկներ · շնաձուկ

  • Arpitan

    Pêsson-chin

  • Assamese

    হাংগৰ

  • azb

    کوسه · کؤپک بالیغی

  • Azerbaijani

    köpəkbalığı · akula

  • Balinese

    Kakya

  • Bangla

    হাঙ্গর

  • Bashkir

    Акула

  • Basque

    Marrazo

  • Belarusian

    акулы

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    акулы

  • Betawi

    Cucut

  • Bhojpuri

    शार्क

  • Bikol

    Pating

  • Bislama

    Shark

  • Bosnian

    Ajkula

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    tubarão

  • Breton

    Rinkin

  • Bulgarian

    акулообразни

  • Burmese

    ငါးမန်း

  • Cantonese

    鯊魚

  • Catalan

    taurons · Selachimorpha

  • cdo

    Săi-ngṳ̀

  • Cebuano

    Iho

  • Central Kurdish

    کۆسە

  • Chechen

    ГӀоркхма

  • Chinese

    鲨总目 · 鲨 · 鲛 · 鲨超目

  • Chuvash

    Шыв йыттисем

  • Cornish

    Morvleydh

  • Crimean Tatar

    akula

  • Croatian

    Morski psi

  • Czech

    žraloci

  • Danish

    haj

  • Divehi

    މިޔަރު

  • Egyptian Arabic

    قرش

  • eml

    Squâl

  • Esperanto

    ŝarko

  • Estonian

    hailaadsed

  • Faroese

    Hávur

  • Fiji Hindi

    Nangio

  • Fijian

    qio

  • Filipino

    Pating

  • Finnish

    hait

  • Fon

    Gbowle

  • Galician

    Tiburóns · escualos · quenllas

  • Georgian

    ზვიგენები

  • Guarani

    Piraroto

  • guw

    gbòwle

  • Haitian Creole

    Reken

  • Hebrew

    דמויי כריש

  • Hindi

    हाँगर

  • Hungarian

    cápák · cápaszerűek · cápa

  • hyw

    Շնաձուկ

  • Icelandic

    Háffiskar

  • Ido

    Sharko

  • Iloko

    pating · yo

  • Indonesian

    hiu · Ikan cucut · cucut · Ikan hiu

  • Interlingua

    squalo

  • Inupiaq

    Iqalusuaq

  • Irish

    siorc

  • Japanese

    サメ

  • Javanese

    Hiyu

  • Kabyle

    aweqqas

  • Kannada

    ಶಾರ್ಕ್ ಮೀನು

  • Kanuri

    Shark

  • Kashmiri

    شارٕک۔

  • Kazakh

    Акула

  • kbp

    Rɩkɛɛ

  • Kongo

    Dukudaka

  • Korean

    상어 · 상어상목

  • Kurdish

    Segmasî

  • Kyrgyz

    Акула · Акулалар

  • Latvian

    Haizivis

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    Selaco

  • Literary Chinese

    鯊魚

  • Lithuanian

    Rykliai

  • Low German

    Haifisch

  • Macedonian

    Ајкула

  • Madurese

    Monḍung

  • Malagasy

    Akiho

  • Malay

    Ikan yu · yu · ikan hiu · hiu

  • Malayalam

    സ്രാവ്

  • Marathi

    शार्क

  • Mazanderani

    توبارائو

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Soa-hî

  • Mongolian

    Аврага загас

  • Moroccan Arabic

    روكان

  • N’Ko

    ߥߊߙߊ߲ߓߊ

  • Nauru

    Ebawo

  • Navajo

    Łóóʼ hashkéhé

  • Newari

    शार्क

  • Northern Frisian

    Heifasker

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    haier

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    haiar

  • nrm

    Cheurque

  • Occitan

    Làmia

  • Odia

    ସାର୍କ · ହାଙ୍ଗର

  • Old English

    Sǣhund

  • Oromo

    Shark

  • Ossetic

    Акулæтæ

  • Pampanga

    Pating

  • Papiamento

    tribon

  • Papiamento (Aruba)

    tribon

  • Pashto

    منو

  • Piedmontese

    Pess can

  • Punjabi

    ਸ਼ਾਰਕ

  • Quechua

    Tiwrun

  • Romanian

    rechin

  • Samogitian

    Rīklīs

  • Scots

    Shairk

  • Scottish Gaelic

    Cearban

  • Serbian

    ајкула

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Morski pas

  • Shan

    ပႃႁၢင်ၵိဝ်ႇ

  • Simplified Chinese

    鲨总目

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    鲨总目

  • Sindhi

    شارڪ

  • Sinhala

    මෝරා

  • Slovak

    Žralokovidné

  • Slovenian

    morski psi

  • Somali

    Libaax Badeed

  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight

    ⴰⵡⵇⵇⴰⵙ

  • Sundanese

    Hiu

  • Swahili

    Papa

  • Swedish

    haj

  • Swiss German

    Haie

  • szy

    sangiziw

  • Tachelhit

    Awqqas

  • Tamil

    சுறா

  • Tatar

    акулалар

  • Telugu

    సొర చేప

  • Thai

    ปลาฉลาม · ฉลาม

  • Tibetan

    གཏུམ་ཉ།

  • Traditional Chinese

    鯊魚 · 鯊 · 鮫 · 鯊總目

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    鯊魚

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    鯊總目

  • Udmurt

    акула · акулаос

  • Ukrainian

    акули

  • Upper Sorbian

    Žrawcy

  • Urdu

    شارک

  • Uzbek

    Akulalar

  • Veps

    Akulad

  • Vietnamese

    cá mập

  • Waray

    Pating

  • Welsh

    morgi · siarc

  • Western Frisian

    Haaien

  • Western Panjabi

    شارک

  • Wu Chinese

    鲨鱼

  • Yakut

    Шарк

  • Yiddish

    הייפיש

  • Yoruba

    Akurakuda

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q7372

Photos

Photo: Syced · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons