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Sand Sharks
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Sand Sharks

Odontaspididae

Sand sharks are mackerel sharks of the family Odontaspididae. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. The family contains two species in a single extant genus (Odontaspis), as well as several extinct genera. The genus Carcharias was formerly included in the family.

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1 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Odontaspis

genusOdontaspis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85938.