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Biology. The grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus, also called the ragged-tooth shark, is an elasmobranch and belongs to the odontaspididae (ragged-tooth) shark family. It can easily be recognized by its characteristic conical snout and under hung jaw. Both jaws are laden with sharp, long and pointed teeth. The head is flattened and it has a ...
Sand tiger shark. 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 ...
Nurse shark. The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is an elasmobranch fish in the family Ginglymostomatidae. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally assessed as Vulnerable in the IUCN List of Threatened Species. [2] They are considered to be a species of least concern in the United States and in The Bahamas, but considered to ...
Grey nurse shark. Lemon shark. Blue shark. Sand tiger shark. Several species of hammerhead sharks. Mako shark. This 13-foot, 1,398-pound male white shark is tracking off South Carolina as the ...
Carcharodon albimorsWhitley, 1939. The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
The Ginglymostomatidae are a cosmopolitan family of carpet sharks known as nurse sharks, containing four species in three genera. [ 4] Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters, these sharks are sluggish and docile bottom-dwellers. [ 5] They are the most abundant species of shark found in shallow coastal waters. [ 6]
Grey nurse shark. Lemon shark. Blue shark. Sand tiger shark. Several species of hammerhead sharks. Mako shark. This 13-foot, 1,398-pound male white shark is tracking off South Carolina as the ...
The speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis) is a rare species of river shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It inhabits coastal marine waters and tidal reaches of large tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea. Despite being a member of the river shark genus, it is also found in near-shore marine waters, favoring highly turbid ...