Description
English: Carcharias taurus
Date 1881
Source http://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof610mcco
Author F. Schönfeld (Frederick Schoenfeld)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carcharias_taurus_McCoy.jpg

The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, or blue-nurse sand tiger 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. They dwell in the waters of Japan, Australia, South Africa, the Mediterranean and the east coasts of North and South America.