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Sandbar Shark
Characteristics
Scientific Name:
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Family Name:
Carcharhinidae
Size:
6 feet
Weight:
45-90 kg
Color:
bluish to brownish gray dorsally, and a lighter shade of the same color to white ventrally
Diet:
fish and shellfish
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Sandbar Shark Description
snout broadly rounded and short; first dorsal fin triangular and very high; poorly developed dermal ridge between dorsal fins; brown or gray in color with white underside; upper and lower teeth finely serrated.
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