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The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) is a species of requiem shark, ... (4.9 ft) is more typical, and a maximum known weight of 123 kg (271 lb). [6]
The blacktip reef shark ... The maximum weight on record with the International Game Fish Association is 13.6 kg (30 lb). [6] Jaws. Upper teeth.
The common blacktip shark (pictured) is nearly identical in appearance to the Australian blacktip shark. Physically, the Australian blacktip shark can only reliably be distinguished from the common blacktip shark by the number of vertebrae (174–182 total, 84–91 before the tail in C. tilstoni, 182–203 total, 94–102 before the tail in C. limbatus).
This blacktip shark was caught and released in August 2021 on the boat of local shark expert Chip Michalove, owner and operator of Outcast Sport Fishing on Hilton Head Island.
In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend.
Oceanic whitetip shark: Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) Critically endangered 3 m (9.8 ft) Hardnose shark: Carcharhinus macloti (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) Near threatened 1.1 m (3.6 ft) Blacktip reef shark: T Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Vulnerable 1.6 m (5.2 ft) maximum 1.8 m (5.9 ft) Dusky shark: Carcharhinus obscurus
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