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...
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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...
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The smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail ragged-tooth (Odontaspis ferox) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Odontaspididae, with a patchy but worldwide...
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confused with the similarly named sand tiger shark, or Carcharias taurus. The sandbar shark is one of the largest coastal sharks in the world, and is closely...
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The Mediterranean sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus europaeus), was a population of sand tiger shark that inhabited the Mediterranean Sea. Over a period...
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The bigeye sand tiger (Odontaspis noronhai) is an extremely rare species of mackerel shark in the family Odontaspididae, with a possible worldwide distribution...
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Lamniformes (redirect from Mackerel Shark)
taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) [12] Genus Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) (smalltooth sand tiger) [13] Odontaspis noronhai...
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Carcharias (category Shark genera)
the critically endangered sand tiger shark. Carcharias are 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) long on average. The maximum weight of the shark is 158.8 kg (350 lb). Differentiating...
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their mother. No evidence of sibling cannibalism is seen, as in the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). The pups measure 97–120 cm (3.18–3.94 ft) long...
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The salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon...
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Megalodon (redirect from Megalodon shark)
version of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) or the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). The most...
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gestation period. They do not engage in sibling cannibalism unlike the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). The four to 18 surviving young are born live in...
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The megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) is a species of deepwater shark. Rarely seen by humans, it measures around 5.2 m (17 ft) long and is the smallest...
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Thresher sharks are large mackerel sharks of the family Alopiidae found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world; the family contains three extant...
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The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of ground shark, and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo and family Galeocerdonidae. It is...
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containing tiger shark Sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus Mediterranean sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus europaeus Smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis...
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shark Smalleye pygmy shark Smalleye smooth-hound Smallfin catshark Smallfin gulper shark Small-spotted catshark Smalltail shark Smalltooth sand tiger...
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The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of...
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Pelagic thresher (redirect from Pelagic thresher shark)
birth. No evidence of sibling cannibalism has been found as in the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Young pelagic threshers are born unusually large...
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two crocodile shark fetuses manage to share a single uterus, when in some other oophagous mackerel sharks such as the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)...
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basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species...
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bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin...
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even compared to most other similar-sized sharks (such as Carcharhinus species, lemon shark, and sand tiger shark) regularly kept by public aquariums. They...
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Porbeagle (redirect from Porbeagle shark)
The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine...
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Isurus (redirect from Mako shark)
(meaning "equal tail") is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, commonly known as the mako sharks. They are largely pelagic, fast predatory fish...
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white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which...
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Lamnidae (redirect from Lamnid shark)
The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though they...
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attributed to the Ganges shark, Glyphis gangeticus, a critically endangered river shark species, although the sand tiger shark was also blamed during the...
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Mitsukurinidae (redirect from Goblin sharks)
long, protrusible jaws. When the jaws are retracted, the shark resembles a sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, with an unusually long nose. Its nose...
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Bigeye thresher (redirect from Bigeye thresher shark)
uterine fluid). There is no evidence of sibling cannibalism as in the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Unborn embryos are similar in appearance to adults...
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