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we saw a brown looking shark in the waters off of cancun mexico. it kinda looked like a large catfish what kind of shark could this have been

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Hello Lizzie,

Can you elaborate on how it "looked like a large catfish"?

There are several species brown sharks in the waters of that area. The most common is the Sandbar Shark (also sometimes called a Brown Shark) but there are several other sharks that are dark gray/brown or that sometimes have a brown phase. See:

http://www.oceanofk.org/sharks/gulfOfMexico.html

http://www.exploreuw.com/fish_info_01_chondrichthyes.html

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