Sand tiger shark
Carcharias taurus
Critically endangeredPhoto: Photographer: Richard Ling <wikipedia@rling.com> · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fishcarnivore
The Grey Nurse Shark, known as Carcharias taurus, is a critically endangered shark found in coastal waters worldwide. It prefers sandy shorelines and reefs, diving as deep as 191 meters. Despite its fierce appearance, it’s unrelated to tiger or nurse sharks.
- It swims in waters from Japan to Australia and South Africa.
- It can dive up to 191 meters deep.
- It was last seen in the Mediterranean in 2003.
OceanCoral reefAsiaAustraliaAfrica
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Carcharias taurus
- Habitat
- Ocean, Coral reef
- Regions in this directory
- Asia, Australia, Africa
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered (CR)
