Carcharias taurus

Geographic range
Countries	Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo (Brazzaville), Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Egypt, Eritrea, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, The Bahamas, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yemen

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Common names
English	Sand Tiger Shark, Grey Nurse Shark, Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark, Blue Nurse
French	Requin Taureau
Spanish	Toro Bacota, Escalandrún, Mangona, Sarda

Taxonomy
Class	Chondrichthyes
Order	Lamniformes
Family	Odontaspididae
Scientific name	Carcharias taurus
Author	Rafinesque, 1810
Standard reference	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2023. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences