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Is this even a shark?

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Saw this guy on a video and didn't know what it was.
found this it's kind of similar


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Topic starter Posted : 12/15/2011 1:56 pm
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looks like a big guitar fish which is technically a shark but could be in the ray family but ya its a shark


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Posted : 12/15/2011 1:59 pm
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top one is a sand shark im pretty sure


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Posted : 12/15/2011 6:55 pm
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bottom one is a type of nurse shark i believe theres over 26 diff types of nurse shark


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Posted : 12/15/2011 7:18 pm
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ya stingrays and sharks are closely related and alot of types of exotic rays and sharks look mixed


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Posted : 12/15/2011 9:09 pm
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angel shark

sand shark


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Posted : 12/15/2011 9:23 pm
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It's called a Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). It is currently classified w/ the rays, skates, guitarfish, etc.


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Posted : 01/11/2012 8:32 am
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cool picture with that one.....[the big one]


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Posted : 01/11/2012 11:16 am
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FYI....no such creature as "sand" shark....Sand Tiger and Sandbar, or Brown shark, yes. That is a guitarfish as previously pointed out. A member of the elasmobranch family. Cartilaginous skeleton..no bones.


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Posted : 05/04/2012 10:26 am