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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins.
The whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus.A small shark that does not usually exceed 1.6 m (5.2 ft) 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 ...
An oceanic whitetip shark, one of the two species implicated in the attacks. Sharks are commonly seen near Sharm El Sheikh but attacks on humans are very rare, particularly by the two species implicated in the 2010 attacks. Only nine attacks by oceanic whitetips had been reported worldwide in the last 430 years and only one had been previously ...
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Suffice it to say, Paul got lucky. The oceanic whitetip shark, or lesser white shark was portrayed in 1831 by a naturalist by the name of René-Primevère Lesson, who named the shark Carcharhinus ...
Jun. 21—Hawaii's deep-set longline fishers could be required to change their fishing gear in an attempt to reduce the mortality of hooked endangered oceanic whitetip sharks. The Western Pacific ...
Oceanic whitetip shark: While adrift after the yacht he was in caught on fire and sank, Horne was killed by a shark in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. John Carter, 17: July 20, 1974: Unconfirmed: Carter was killed by a school of small sharks while swimming in the Back River on the southern end of Savannah Beach, Chatham County ...
Whitetip shark may refer to: Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus. Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. Whitetip weasel shark, Paragaleus leucolomatus