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The Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as the sand tiger shark, is a mackerel shark from the order Lamniformes. It is found across the world’s temperate …
The grey nurse shark is one of the most critically endangered shark species and believed to be the first protected shark in the world. It was declared 'vulnerable' in the waters of New South Wales (Australia) in 1984 and later throughout the world.
Grey nurse sharks now continue to be protected under fisheries legislation in waters off NSW, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The grey nurse shark, which is also known as the sand tiger shark and spotted ragged-tooth shark, is found worldwide in tropical to temperate coastal waters.
Eastern Australia’s grey nurse sharks are considered critically endangered and school sharks (sometimes known as flake in fish and chip shops) and scalloped hammerheads are on the endangered shark list too.
Grey nurse sharks feed on a wide variety of bony fishes, small sharks, rays, squid and sometimes crabs and lobsters. In addition, groups of these sharks can feed by working together to gather schools of fish into tight bunches before feeding on them.
This is one of the largest and most ferocious of our Sharks, and so common as to be an object of great terror to bathers, who occasionally suffer grievous lacerations when caught swimming even near the shore, towards which the species approaches into unusually shallow water.
The Greynurse Shark is a distinctive fish which is usually grey-brown on top and a dusky white underneath. Both dorsal fins and the anal fin are of a similar size. Juveniles have reddish or brownish spots on the posterior (back) half of the body and tail.
