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Carcharias taurus

Carcharias taurus

Blue Nurse Shark(+31)·Rafinesque, 1810

GBIF:202603208

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engBlue Nurse SharkengengBlue-nurse Sand TigerengengDogfish SharkengengGray Nurse SharkengengGrey Nurseeng+27 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engBlue Nurse Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engBlue-nurse Sand Tiger
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Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engDogfish Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGray Nurse Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGrey Nurse
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Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGrey Nurse Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGreynurse Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGround Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engIndian Sand Tiger
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engNuss Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRagged Tooth Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSand Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSand Tiger
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSand Tiger Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSandtiger Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engShovel-nosed Shark
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Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSlender-tooth Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSmalltooth Sand Tiger
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSpotted Ragged-tooth
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSpotted Ragged-tooth Shark
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Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSpotted Raggedtooth
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSpotted Raggedtooth Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engSpotted Sand Tiger Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engBrown Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engGrey Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engOwston’s Sand Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRaggedtooth Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engRaggie
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engShovelnose Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engTiger Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engYellow Belly
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist
engYellow Shark
eng
Source: Martha's Vineyard species checklist

CLASSIFICATION

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Source Information

Martha's Vineyard species checklist

checklist

This is an initial Martha's Vineyard species checklist derived from GBIF Ocurrences. The initial purpose of this checklist is to create a datasetKey to be used by software to explore species found on Martha's Vineyard.

Loomis J (2024). Martha's Vineyard species checklist. Version 1.5. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3vk6gc accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC BYPublished 10/30/2024
GBIF Usage Key
202603208
Dataset Key
298a29ef-a66a-4330-93a1-ea59482e25d9
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2420766
Taxon ID
2420766
Last Crawled
3/3/2026
Last Interpreted
3/3/2026