Where does the Sandbar shark live?

Carcharhinus plumbeus has 29,459 records in 59 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

29,459 records
59 places
115 years recorded
Elasmobranchii class

AnimaliaChordataElasmobranchiiCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidaeCarcharhinus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Australia	21,839
United States	4,913
Faroe Islands	1,088
Puerto Rico	443
United Kingdom	410
Brazil	387
France	38
Italy	31
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	22
Mexico	20
Croatia	19
New Caledonia	16
South Africa	15
Israel	13
Mozambique	12
Norfolk Island	12
Portugal	11
Norway	8
Iceland	7
French Polynesia	7
Albania	5
Benin	5
Greece	5
Madagascar	4
Senegal	4
China	3
Japan	3
Martinique	3
Réunion	3
Mayotte	3
ZZ	3
Bermuda	2
Ghana	2
Indonesia	2
Panama	2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2
Sudan	2
Uruguay	2
Venezuela	2
United Arab Emirates	1

Showing the top 40 of 59 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Carcharhinidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.