What is the occupation called of a person who studies and works with sharks?

Answer 1

S/he would be a zoologist, and specifically an ichthyologist (fish zoologist).
More specifically still, an elasmobranch specialist (elasmobranch is the collective name for sharks, rays and skates).

Marine biology is a discipline that studies life in the oceanic habitats, not sharks specifically.

Answer 2

All the above answers are technically correct, but for the most part they're slightly misconceived. There's a tendency in the lay public to label a biologist's occupation according to the animal they work with, but in the actual field, they're more likely to describe themselves according to the REASONS they work with that animal, or the theories and fields they're interested in, with the shark simply being the animal used to model these theories. I used to work at a shark research lab where there were a couple of behavioural ecologists, an environmental endocrinologist, a biomedical science intern, a conservation biologist, and a molecular biologist... and they all studied and worked with sharks!

Answer 3

Marine Biologist

Answer 4

Marine biologist, specializing in sharks

Answer 5

I don't think there is any special term for the study of sharks other than ichthyology, which is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.

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Answer 6

Marine biologist

Answer 7

I believe they would be a marine biologist, and they would also study and work with all marine life forms.

Answer 8

marine biologist

shark research scientist

(sharkology)

Answer 9

An Ichthyologist, maybe? That's a scientist who studies fish.

Answer 10

marine biologist