sandbar shark

Examples

• All

• The largest animals by weight caught during observer trips were bull, lemon, and sandbar sharks, the Atlantic manta ray, and loggerhead turtles (Table 6).

  Academic text (1997)

• Sandbar sharks outside the bay were the second-most abundant species taken on longlines fished in this area.

  Academic text (1993)

• For this reason, analyses that included sandbar sharks were divided between efforts inside and outside the bay.

  Academic text (1993)

• Increases in CPUE were found for sandbar sharks for gillnets.

  Academic text (1999)

• Overall, sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus plumbeus, comprised about 55% of the total catch on both gear types.

  Academic text (1993)

• Analyses were divided between efforts in the nursery ground of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Chesapeake Bay and efforts outside the Bay.

  Academic text (1993)

• For example, there were large numbers of sandbar sharks tagged between 1964 and 1968 by NMFS biologists in conjunction with commercial fishermen off coastal Virginia.

  Academic text (1998)

• Asterisks (*) indicate significant (P<0.05) differences between the means. A = catch rates by depth strata, B = catch rates of sandbar sharks in the Chesapeake Bay nursery area, and C = catch rates for all species taken outside Chesapeake Bay.

  Academic text (1993)

• The sandbar shark is often seen swimming close to the shallow waters near the beach.

• During the summer, many divers explore areas where sandbar sharks are commonly found around reefs.

Synonyms

S

shark

vssandbar shark

664 1.0

A large sea fish with sharp teeth that eats other animals

is narrower, naming a particular coastal species that prefers shallow waters

C

Carcharhinus plumbeus

vssandbar shark

• Specialized

9.9

A large gray shark often called the sandbar shark that lives near sandy Atlantic coasts

is the common name used for the same species in shallow coastal waters

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology