Any shark belonging to the family Carchariidae, including sand tiger sharks and related species.
Scientific classification term derived from Carcharias (the type genus) plus the suffix -id indicating membership in a biological family.
Carchariids are an ancient shark family—their fossils go back millions of years, and they've barely changed, which shows that their body design was already perfect for hunting!
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