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the side of the body from the region of the gills to the base of the 

 ventral fins. 



The sand shark is found from the East Coast of Africa eastward 

 through the Indian Ocean and the Dutch East Indies to Hawaiian waters 

 and may possibly even occur in other areas. 



Black Finned Sand Shark 



Also known as the Mano, Black Shark, or Cub Shark 



5-6 Eulamia melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard) 



Drawn from Jordan & Everraann 



This shark is light brown in color above and white below. It reaches 

 a length of thirteen feet in the open sea, although most specimens are 

 much shorter in length. 



Dr. Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., reported that these sharks were 

 "very abundant in the lagoon at Palmyra in 1913. Sometimes as many 

 as six to eight would be swimming around us as we waded in the lagoon, 

 in about 6 to 18 inches of water. Most of these sharks were from two to 

 four feet in length. I think the reason we excited their curiosity was the 

 stirring up of the mud. On two occasions we had them follow us as we 

 were walking on the shoreline. As we waded in the water they continually 

 circled about us, the circles gradually growing smaller. On several occa- 

 sions they came close enough for us to step on their heads, when they 

 would rush away. We caught six on lines one evening in our bathing 

 pool on fish bait. The only specimen in the museum was a small one 

 taken in a scoop-net, when it approached us." 



This shark is very widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific area. It ranges 

 westward through the East Indies and the Indian Ocean as far east as the 

 coast of Africa and eastward through Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



