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Oceanic whitetip shark. 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. The species is typically solitary, though they may gather in large numbers at food concentrations.
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 ...
An oceanic whitetip shark was caught and released back into the water in Haiti. (July 15) Jamie Aquino, president and founder of Haiti Ocean Project, a marine conservation organization based in a ...
In July last year, 68-year-old Austrian Elisabeth Sauer, a former councillor, was snorkelling when she was believed to have been attacked by a Mako or Oceanic whitetip shark in front of horrified ...
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 ...
Carcharhinus obscurus, Dusky shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus plumbeus, Sandbar shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus sorrah, Spottail shark, (Carcharhinidae) Galeocerdo cuvier, Tiger shark, (Carcharhinidae) Negaprion acutidens, Sicklefin lemon shark, (Carcharhinidae) Triaenodon obesus, Whitetip reef shark, (Carcharhinidae) Nebrius ...
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 ...