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The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey/gray nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabits the continental shelf, from sandy shorelines (hence the name sand tiger shark) and submerged reefs to a depth of around 191 m (627 ft). [2]
Vulnerable (VU) species are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The smalltooth sand tiger has been assessed as a vulnerable species. Sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks, gray nurse sharks or ragged tooth sharks, are mackerel sharks of the family Odontaspididae. They are found worldwide in temperate and ...
whitenose shark: decreasing Endangered [138] [143] Carpet shark: Nebrius ferrugineus: Tawny nurse shark: decreasing Vulnerable [144] [145] [146] Groundshark: Negaprion acutidens: Sharptooth lemon shark: decreasing Vulnerable [147] [148] II Mackerel shark: Odontaspis ferox: Small-tooth sand tiger shark: decreasing Vulnerable [149] [150] [151 ...
On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, an eight-foot female sand tiger shark washed ashore at Salty Brine Beach in Narragansett. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) found ...
Shark researchers are hoping a necropsy will help explain what killed an endangered young shark found washed up on a Little Compton Beach. The sand tiger shark, a year or less old, was retrieved ...
In some cases — bull sharks, mako sharks and baby sand tiger sharks, ... Porbeagles, which have historically been overfished, are considered endangered in certain parts of the world. Given they ...
Carcharias is a genus of mackerel sharks belonging to the family Odontaspididae (sand sharks). Once bearing many prehistoric species, all have gone extinct with the exception of the critically endangered sand tiger shark.
The Mediterranean sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus europaeus), was a population of sand tiger shark that inhabited the Mediterranean Sea. Over a period of 200 years, 31 occurrence records and 54 publications provided information on the presence of the species in the area.