Sharks
Sandtiger or Grey Nurse Shark
(Carcharias taurus)
Systematik
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Subclass |
Order |
Suborder |
Family |
| ELASMOBRANCHII |
NEOSELACHII |
LAMNIFORMES |
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ODONTASPIDIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) |
| Synonyms: |
Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810), Carcharias arenarius (Ogilby, 1911), Carcharias griseus (Ayres, 1843), Carcharias owstoni (Garman, 1913), Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928), Eugmophodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810), Lamna ecarinata (Hilgendorf, 1899), Odontaspis americanus (Mitchill, 1815), Odontaspis arenarius (Ogilby, 1911), Odontaspis cinerea (Ramsay, 1880), Odontaspis platensis (Lahille, 1928), Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque, 1810), Squalus americanus (Mitchill, 1815), Squalus littoralis (Lesueur, 1818), Squalus lixa (Larrañaga, 1923), Squalus macrodus (Mitchill, 1818) |
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Allgemeine Informationen
| Names: |
Sandtiger, Grey Nurse Shark, Sandtiger Shark, Sandtigerhai, Zandtijgerhaai |
| Distribution: |
West Atlantic, East-Atlantic (Canary Island and Coast of Morocco), Mediterrean Sea, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific, South Africa, Australia and Japan |
| Environment: |
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| Size: |
200 cm; max. 320 cm (f) and 260 cm (m) |
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Anemones, Angelfishes, Barracudas, Butterflyfishes, Clownfishes, Corals, Crabs, Damselfishes, Eels, Frogfishes, Flounders, Ghostpipefishes, Groupers, Grunts, Hawkfishes, Jellyfishes, Lobster, Moray eels, Nudibranch, Parrotfishes, Pipefishes,
Porcupinefishes, Pufferfishes, Scorpionsfishes, Sea Horses, Sharks, Shrimps, Snapper, Soldierfishes, Sponges, Stingrays, Surgeonfishes, Sweetlips, Triggerfishes, Trunkfishes , Umberfishes, Worms,Wrasses, Whales
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