sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) Description
Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) at the Maui Ocean Center, Hawaii
Date 16 August 2011, 21:28
Source Grey Reef Sharks
Author Joe Boyd http://www.flickr.com/people/64617354@N02
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carcharhinus_plumbeus_maui_ocean_center.jpg
The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. It is distinguishable by its very high first dorsal fin and inter-dorsal ridge. It is not to be confused with its similarly named shark cousin, the sand tiger shark, Carcharius taurus.
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Carcharhinus
Species: Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
