
The whitetip reef shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. A small shark usually not exceeding 1.6 m in length, this species is easily recognizable by its slender body and short but broad head, as well as tubular skin flaps beside the nostrils, oval eyes with vertical pupils, and white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins.
Similar species: Ground Sharks
By Andrey Narchuk
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Uploaded Jun 19, 2011. Captured May 9, 2011 13:28.
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Care to tell us what kind of shark this is, and how you captured it? Posted 14 years ago
it touched me when swim around) Posted 14 years ago