Grey Nurse Shark
Carcharias taurus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Odontaspididae
- Genus
- Carcharias
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 8 countries and 6 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 348 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 459 records
- Victoria, Australia - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 6 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 61 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records