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title: "Sand Tiger Shark"
description: "Carcharias taurus — Peixes. The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), also commonly known as the spotted ragged-tooth shark in South Africa, grey nurse shark in Australia, or blue-nurse sand tiger in India, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sand-tiger-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sand Tiger Shark

> Carcharias taurus — Peixes. The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), also commonly known as the spotted ragged-tooth shark in South Africa, grey nurse shark in Australia, or blue-nurse sand tiger in India, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide.

- Scientific name: *Carcharias taurus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2893
- Wikidata: [Q625161](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q625161)
- iNaturalist taxon: [96768](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96768)

## Names

- en: Sand Tiger Shark
- de: Sandtigerhai
- es: Tiburón arenero tigre
- fr: Requin-taureau
- nl: Zandtijgerhaai
- pl: Tawrosz piaskowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1415), ZA (197), US (179), UY (4), AR (3)

## Summary

The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), also commonly known as the spotted ragged-tooth shark in South Africa, grey nurse shark in Australia, or blue-nurse sand tiger in India, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabits the continental shelf, from sandy shorelines (hence the name sand tiger shark) and submerged reefs to a depth of around 191 m (627 ft). They dwell in the waters of Japan, Australia, South Africa, and the east coasts of North and South America. The sand tiger shark also inhabited the Mediterranean; however, it was last seen there in 2003 and is presumed…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_tiger_shark

## Photo

![Sand Tiger Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sand-tiger-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: ajdude22 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257076193

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sand-tiger-shark?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).