Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878
Indian sand tiger
photo by FAO

Family:  Carchariidae (Ragged-tooth sharks)
Max. size:  370 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Indian Ocean: India and Pakistan. Possibly in Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Philippines and northern China.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  Harmless
Country info:  Nominally recorded in the Philippines (Ref. 13568). Probably a junior synonym of C. taurus, thus, regarded as a doubtful species for the present until validity is confirmed. Validity noted as questionable in Compagno's 1999 checklist (Ref. 35766).


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