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Sea SharksWhitetip reef Shark
Whitetip reef Shark
Common Name:Whitetip reef shark
Scientific Name:Triaenodon obesus
Description
This type of sharks is differed from others by its distinct white tip on dorsal and top caudal fins. A newly born shark have maximum of 1.6 meter in length.It can be easily documented by six factors such us :its slender body ,short but board head,tubular skin flaps beside the nostrils, oval eyes with vertical pupils,white-tipped dorsal and caudal fin.
Region Found
South africa and central America .It is naturally found in clear water at a depth of 8-40meter.
Distribution
Inshore/Offshore:coupled in the midst of reefs and shoals.
Habitat
Deeper water, made incomparable record in Ryukyu islands at 330meters in depth.
Biology
The snout is short, blunted and largely rounded. The teeth are smooth with a long central cusp that has a single distinct cusplet on either sides.
Other Names
. Whitetip shark.
. blunthead shark.
Size
52-200 cm.
Similar Species
Coral reef shark.
Population Status
Less.
Fisheries
Inshore gillnet and line fisheries, hardly ever encountered in the hollow of Carpentaria but periodically in east coast fisheries.
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