Family: Carchariidae, Sand Tiger Shark, Sand Tiger Sharks
3 rows large central teeth
SAND TIGER SHARKS
Body robust; small round eyes that lack a nictitating membrane; snout flattened, pointed; long, angular mouth; teeth long, slender, curved, 3 rows of large central teeth; five gill slits, none over pectoral; fins relatively short, angular; two dorsal fins of similar size: first slightly larger, with base just behind pectorals, second medium sized, between pelvics and anal; tail fin short, strongly asymmetrical, with short lower lobe.
One species, wide-ranging in warm-temperate and tropical coastal waters of our region.
PREPARED BY D ROSS ROBERTSON, AFTER CARPENTER (2002)