Species details : Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810

Accepted scientific name:
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Carcharias taurus  Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms:
Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharhinus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Carcharias arenarias Ogilby, 1911 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias arenarias Ogilby, 1911
Carcharias arenarius Ogilby, 1911 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias arenarius Ogilby, 1911
Carcharias griseus Ayres, 1843 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias griseus Ayres, 1843
Carcharias owstoni Garman, 1913 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias owstoni Garman, 1913
Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Carcharias platensis (Lahille, 1928)
Carcharias tricuspidatus (non Day, 1878) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Carcharias tricuspidatus (non Day, 1878)
Charcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Charcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Lamna ecarinata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lamna ecarinata Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
Odontaspis americanus (Mitchill, 1815) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis americanus (Mitchill, 1815)
Odontaspis arenarius (Ogilby, 1911) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis arenarius (Ogilby, 1911)
Odontaspis cinerea Ramsay, 1880 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis cinerea Ramsay, 1880
Odontaspis ferox (non Risso, 1810) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis ferox (non Risso, 1810)
Odontaspis platensis Lahille, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis platensis Lahille, 1928
Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Squalus americanus Mitchill, 1815 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Squalus americanus Mitchill, 1815
Squalus littoralis Lesueur, 1818 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Squalus littoralis Lesueur, 1818
Squalus lixa Larrañaga, 1923 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Squalus lixa Larrañaga, 1923
Squalus macrodus Mitchill, 1818 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Squalus macrodus Mitchill, 1818
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Spikkel-skeurtandhaai - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Peshkagen i eger - Albanian Albania Click here to show the literature
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Peshkaqen i eger - Albanian Albania Click here to show the literature
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Kalb - Arabic Morocco Click here to show the literature
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قِرش ثَور - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Žralok atlantský - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Žralok písečný obecný - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig sandtigerhaj - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Zandtijgerhaai - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Blue-nurse sand tiger - English India(India) Click here to show the literature
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Dogfish shark - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Gray nurse shark - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Grey nurse - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Grey Nurse Shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Ground shark - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Sand shark - English - Click here to show the literature
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Sand shark - English Anguilla Click here to show the literature
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Sand shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Sand shark - English USA(Florida) Click here to show the literature
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Sand tiger - English Mexico Click here to show the literature
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Sand tiger shark - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Sandtiger shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Slender-tooth shark - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Spotted ragged-tooth - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Spotted ragged-tooth shark - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Spotted raggedtooth shark - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Spotted sand tiger shark - English Malta Click here to show the literature
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Hietahai - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Ehoua - Fon GBE Benin Click here to show the literature
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Chien de mer - French Morocco Click here to show the literature
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Requin - French Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature
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Requin des sables - French Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Requin-taureau - French France Click here to show the literature
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Grauer Sandhai - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Sandhai - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Sandtiger - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Karish khol pari - Hebrew Israel Click here to show the literature
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Pisci tauru - Italian Italy(Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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Squalo toro - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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Squalo toro - Italian Malta Click here to show the literature
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Shirowani - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Khonodecha - Kannada India(Karnataka) Click here to show the literature
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ಖೊನೊದೇಭ - Kannada India
Kelb il-bahar - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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Tawru - Maltese Malta Click here to show the literature
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后鳍锥齿鲨 Hou ci zhui chi sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大沙 Da sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大沙 Da sha Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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後鰭錐齒鯊 Hou ci jhuei chih sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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戟齒砂鮫 Ji chih sha jiao Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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戟齿砂鲛 Ji chi sha jiao Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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欧氏锥齿鲨 Ou shi zhui chi sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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歐氏錐齒鯊 Ou shih jhuei chih sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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沙錐齒鯊 Sha jhuei chih sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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沙锥齿鲨 Sha zhui chi sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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砂錐齒鯊 Sha jhuei chih sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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砂锥齿鲨 Sha zhui chi sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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錐齒鯊 Jhuei chih sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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锥齿鲨 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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锥齿鲨 Zhui chi sha Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Waghir - Marathi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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वाघहिर - Marathi India
Carcharias - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Tavrocarcharias - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Tavrokarcharias - Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Καρχαρίας Karcharias Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Σκυλόψαρο Skylopsaro Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Ταυροκαρχαρίας Tavrokarcharias Modern Greek (1453-) Greece Click here to show the literature
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Tawrosz - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Cação-da-areia - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Cação-de-areia - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Cação-mangona - Portuguese Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina) Click here to show the literature
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Cação-manogonga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Caçoa - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Dentudo - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Magonga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Mangona - Portuguese Brazil(Espírito Santo) Click here to show the literature
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Mangonga - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Tubarão de areia - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Tubarão- - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Tubarão-amarelo - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Tubarão-dentudo - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Tubarão-toiro - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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акула обыкновенная песчаная - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Bacota - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Pez toro - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Pintado - Spanish Colombia Click here to show the literature
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Sarda - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Tiburón arenero - Spanish Colombia Click here to show the literature
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Tiburón sarda - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Tiburón toro - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Tigre arenero - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Torito - Spanish Colombia Click here to show the literature
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Toro bacota - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Oxhaj - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Sandhaj - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Cá Mập - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Buki getj - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Meccetu - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Sàcc - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Elasmobranchii FishBase
Order Lamniformes FishBase
Family Odontaspididae FishBase
Genus Carcharias FishBase
Distribution: Circumtropical: Except perhaps the eastern Pacific (Ref. 13568). Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and off South Africa to Japan, Korea and Australia (Ref. 13568). Present in Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to Argentina. Old record from Bermuda, south Brazil (Ref. 26938). Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean to Cameroon. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=747
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27bf77c4-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401