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Sand tiger shark. The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey/gray 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 ...
Sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks, gray nurse sharks or ragged tooth sharks, are mackerel sharks of the family Odontaspididae. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. The three species are in two genera.
The smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail ragged-tooth ( Odontaspis ferox) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Odontaspididae, with a patchy but worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate waters.
Standing tall with her eyes cast to the sand, Candra Workman can spot a shark tooth smaller than a dime in under a minute.
Description. The prominent cusps of one Odontaspis species (O. ferox). Bigeye sand tigers can reach a length of about 3.6 metres (12 ft) and smalltooth sand tigers of about 4.1 m. They are large-bodied sharks with long, conical snouts, broad-based dorsal and anal fins, and an asymmetrical caudal fin with a strong lower lobe.
The Grand Strand has more than 40 species of sharks, giving collectors and those here for vacation plenty of chances to find teeth along the miles of beaches.
Shark teeth are among the quintessential items found in almost Grand Strand gift shop. But they’re also ripe for the picking along the beach — if you know where to look.
Identification of most sharks are found through a combination of tooth counts and tooth shapes. Teeth can even lead to the identification of shark species like the requiem shark.