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sandbar shark

DEFINITIONS OF: sandbar shark

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n widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink

Synonyms:
Carcharhinus limbatus, blacktip shark
Type of:
requiem shark
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species

n most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen

Synonyms:
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Type of:
requiem shark
any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species
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