Blue nurse shark - Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810
Quick facts
| Threat status Europe | Critically Endangered (IUCN) |
|---|---|
| Protected by | 1 international agreement |
Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Vulnerable
Europe
Critically Endangered
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
| Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol) |
http://rac-spa.org/protocol
http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf |
Common names and synonyms
Common Name
 |
Language
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Reference
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|---|---|---|
| Agriocarcharias | Greek | Fishbase |
| Bacota | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Blue nurse shark | English | Fishbase |
| Cagnaccio | Italian | Fishbase |
| Carcharias | Greek | Fishbase |
| Fierce odontaspis | English | Fishbase |
| Fierce shark | English | Fishbase |
| Grey nurse | English | Fishbase |
| Grey Nurse Shark | English | Fishbase |
| Hietahai | Finnish | Fishbase |
| Kelb il-bahar | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Kelb salvagg | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Odontaspide féroce | French | Fishbase |
| Oxhaj | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Peshkagen i eger | Albanian | Fishbase |
| Peshkaqen i eger | Albanian | Fishbase |
| Pez toro | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Rekin piaskowy | Polish | Fishbase |
| Requin | French | Fishbase |
| Requin féroce | French | Fishbase |
| Requin taureau | French | Fishbase |
| Salroig | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Sand shark | English | Fishbase |
| Sand tiger shark | English | Fishbase |
| Sandhai | German | Fishbase |
| Sandhaj | Swedish | Fishbase |
| Sandtiger | German | Fishbase |
| Schildzahnhai | German | Fishbase |
| Silfjun | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Slender-tooth shark | English | Fishbase |
| Smalltooth sand tiger | English | Fishbase |
| Solraig | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Solrayo | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Squale féroce | French | Fishbase |
| Squalo toro | Italian | Fishbase |
| Surraig | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Tavrocarcharias | Greek | Fishbase |
| Tawrosz | Polish | Fishbase |
| Tawru | Maltese | Fishbase |
| Tiburón sarda | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Tiburón toro | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Toro bacota | Spanish | Fishbase |
| Tubarão- | Portuguese | Fishbase |
| Tubarão-areia | Portuguese | Fishbase |
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Synonym
|
Author
|
|---|---|
| Odontaspis ferox | (Risso, 1810) |
Other resources
| CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
| Fauna Europaea search | Fauna Europaea |
| FishBase | FishBase |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| ITIS (invalid) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
| NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
| WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |
