---
title: "Tubarão-corre-costa"
description: "Carcharhinus plumbeus — Peixes. The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sandbar-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tubarão-corre-costa

> Carcharhinus plumbeus — Peixes. The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Carcharhinus plumbeus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1269
- Wikidata: [Q304539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304539)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53583](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53583)

## Names

- en: Sandbar Shark
- de: Sandbankhai
- es: Tiburón aleta de cartón
- fr: Requin gris
- nl: Zandbankhaai
- pt: Tubarão-corre-costa
- pl: Żarłacz brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

US (631), AU (12), GR (5), MX (5), AL (3), IL (3)

## Summary

The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, 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 interdorsal ridge. It is not to be confused with the similarly named sand tiger shark, or Carcharias taurus.

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

## Photo

![Tubarão-corre-costa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sandbar-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Karen McCabe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87069841

## Machine access

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