BLACKTIP REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus melanopterus
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Carcharhinus melanopterus is a common reef shark with distinctive black markings on the ends of its fins and a blunt snout. It also has a white streak on its side.
Blacktip reef sharks are viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta, with a gestation period about 10 months and litter size of 2-4 pups. Size at birth ranges from 33-52 cm.
Blacktip reef sharks patrol their territories in coral lagoons and around the edges of reefs.
PACIFIC BLACKTIP REEF SHARK
BONNETHEAD SHARK
SQUALIFORMES
Includes sleeper sharks, dogfish sharks, bramble sharks ...
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A Blacktip Reef Shark at Mana Island
A Blacktip Rockcod at Agincourt Reef
A Blacktip Rockcod at Ribbon Reef
A Black-tipped Fusilier at the Great Barrier Reef
A Black-vent Damsel at Redang
A Blind Shark in Nelson Bay ...
Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
Spine coral (Hydnophora exesa) ...
The white tip reef shark is nocturnal and is often seen resting on the bottom of the sea during the day, sometimes in small groups.
Cruising coastlines in large schools, blacktip reef sharks often jump out of the water during a feeding frenzy on ...
shark (C. hemiodon) Â- Finetooth shark (C. isodon) Â- Smooth tooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon) Â- Bull shark (C. leucas) Â- Blacktip shark (C. limbatus) Â- Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus) Â- Hardnose shark (C. macloti) Â- Blacktip reef shark ...
 See also: Shark, Whale, Coral, Tiger, Bull Shark
  
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