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Species Name:    Carcharhinus plumbeus 
Common Name:                (Sandbar Shark)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus


The Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)


Common Name:
Sandbar Shark