Carcharias tricuspidatus

Day, 1878

Indian sand tiger
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Carchariidae

Reference of the original description

Day, F. (1878)
The Fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. B. Quaritch, London, Part 4: i–xx + 553–779, Pls. 139–195

Types
Carcharias tricuspidatus
Holotype: ZSI: 2337 or 2772 (apparently lost)

Description :

Citation: Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Common names
spa

Toro bambaco, $fra $T$$ Requin brisant, $fra $T$$ Requin-taureau bambak, eng

Blue nurse sand-tiger, eng

Blue nurse shark, eng

Indian sand tiger

Distribution
Indian Ocean: India and Pakistan. Possibly in Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Philippines and northern China.

Human uses
fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Biology
Distinct pairing with embrace [17086].

Size / Weight / Age
370 cm TL (male/unsexed; [518])

Habitat
demersal; marine

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1056;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea

Chloromyxum africanum Lisnerova, Martinek, Alama-Bermejo, Bouberlova, Schaeffner, Nkabi, Holzer & Bartosova-Sojkova, 2022 [31228]

Monogenea

Udonella myliobati (Guberlet, 1936) [15299]

Cestoda

Crossobothrium dohrnii (Oerley, 1885) Ruhnke, 1996 [11635] [24956]
Crossobothrium sp. [25840]
Grillotia erinaceus (Van Beneden, 1858) [16112]
Grillotia sp. [16112]
Pintneriella musculicola Yamaguti, 1934 [16210] [16112]
Scyphophyllidium musteli (Van Beneden, 1850) [16443]

Trematoda

Multicalyx cristata Faust & Tang, 1936 [27172]

Nematoda

Euterranova galeocerdonis (Thwaite, 1927) [7401]
Terranova sp. [23910]

Copepoda

Achtheinus oblongus Wilson, 1908 [15303]
Achtheinus pinguis Wilson, 1912 [22641] [27172]
Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 [7660] [15303] [27172]
Alebion difficile (Van Beneden, 1892) [26820]
Alebion gracilis Wilson, 1905 [14785] [29995]
Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) [14785] [15305] [27172]
Caligus elongatus Von Nordmann, 1832 [15305]
Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 [29995]
Eudactylinodes niger (Wilson, 1905) [16931] [27172]
Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973 [15299] [15303] [15305] [27172]
Nemesis robusta (Van Beneden, 1851) [16606]
Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1868 [15304] [15284] [27172]
Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967 [7660] [15303] [27172]
Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818 [16606]
Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886 [14785] [7660] [15303] [27172]
Pandarus sp. [27172]

Hirudinea

Pontobdella moorei Oka, 1910 [8262]