Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carcharhinus plumbeus
cazón, tiburón aleta de cartón, tiburón brasilero, tiburón pardo, Sandbar shark
Grey-brown or bronzy with no prominent markings, white bellow.
Subtropical(23-27°C)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Carcharhinus
Species
plumbeus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba and south and west Caribbean. Eastern Pacific: Revillagigedo and Galapagos islands. Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the Mediterranean
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Carcharhinus plumbeus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12791. Accessed 21 June 2025.