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The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific.
The sandbar shark is one of the largest shark species found in coastal waters. True to their name, sandbar sharks prefer sandy or muddy areas in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. They are closely related to dusky, bignose, and bull sharks.
Sandbar sharks are a species of requiem shark found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It has several other names, such as brown shark and thick skin shark, and is often confused for the sand tiger shark, which is an entirely separate species despite the two having similar sounding names.
The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. It is distinguishable by its very high first dorsal fin and interdorsal ridge.
Exclusively a marine species, but known to venture near mouths of rivers and estuarine systems. Essentially a bottom-dwelling species found at depths up to 200 feet, but seasonally migrates into deeper water during summer months and returning to warmer waters during the winter.
The sandbar shark is a coastal-pelagic species that inhabits temperate and tropical waters. It is the most abundant species of large shark in the Western Atlantic.
Overview. RANGE: Its range extends from the northeastern United States down to Brazil in the western Atlantic, and from the Canary Islands to South Africa in the eastern Atlantic. In the Indo-Pacific region, it can be found from the Red Sea and East Africa to northern Australia and the Solomon Islands. HABITAT: Most often found close to the ...
Sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827), aka brown shark, queriman sharks, sandbar sharks, sharks, and thickskin sharks, are moderately large sharks that measure up to 2.5 m in length, 2 m on average, and weigh a maximum of 118 kg.
One of the world’s largest coastal sharks, sandbar sharks are the most common species swimming along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Their genus name Carcharhinus, which is of Greek derivation, translates to ‘sharpened nose of lead’ and although rounded horizontally, their profile is, indeed, sharp.
The most common large shark of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coastline. Adolescents and adults use Virginia coastal waters as a summer feeding ground, and Chesapeake Bay is one of the major nursery grounds in the Northwest Atlantic for juveniles.