Species profile—Carcharias taurus (greynurse shark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Odontaspididae → Carcharias taurus (greynurse shark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Odontaspididae
- Scientific name
- Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
- Common name
- greynurse shark
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22531
- Alternate name(s)
- grey nurse shark
spotted ragged-tooth shark
sand tiger shark
spotted ragged tooth - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22531.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
