#2016 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Sandbar Shark

🇳🇱 Zandbankhaai ·Carcharhinus plumbeus

ENendangered 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The sandbar shark ( Carcharhinus plumbeus ) 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 inter-dorsal ridge. It is not to be confused with its similarly named shark cousin, the sand tiger shark, Carcharius taurus.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,333iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,333 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Giovan Domenico Nardo in 1827 (199 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.