Image: Whitetip Reef Sharks at North Horn

Whitetip Reef Sharks at a depth of 14 m, North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, December 2000. Note that the female at the lower right of the image has bite marks in front of the pectoral fin. These are presumably the result of a recent mating.

Photographer:

Erik Schlögl

Rights:

© Erik Schlögl

Common name:

Whitetip Reef Shark

Scientific name:

Triaenodon obesus

Family:

Carcharhinidae

Order:

Carcharhiniformes

Last Updated: 2 August 2009

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Triaenodon obesus, Whitetip Reef Shark,