CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Carcharhiniformes (order) » Carcharhinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 018007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 18 Carcharhinidae (Whaler Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Sandbar Shark
Common Names List:	sandbar shark
Organism Type:	a whaler shark
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 018904 Carcharhinus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	018007

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [70] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 280 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:82508f9d-d2be-4f78-9a15-3948b7cbee18 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1954 View at FoA
ITIS	160289 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105797 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-19 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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