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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 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).
The blacktip reef shark has also been known to become aggressive in the presence of bait, and may pose a threat while attempting to steal the catches of spear fishers. [3] The blacktip reef shark is a normal catch of coastal fisheries, such as those operating off Thailand and India, but is not targeted or considered commercially important. [9]
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.
Blacktip reef shark, an Indo-Pacific shark; Blacktip sawtail catshark, a West Pacific shark; Blacktip shark, a widely distributed shark; Blacktip tope, an Indo-West Pacific shark; Blacktip trevally, a jack fish; Smooth tooth blacktip shark, a Gulf of Aden shark; Euchloe charlonia, a butterfly sometimes called the blacktip; Blacktips (FXFL), an ...
The common name requiem shark may be related to the French word for shark, requin, which is itself of disputed etymology.One derivation of the latter is from Latin requiem ("rest"), which would thereby create a cyclic etymology (requiem-requin-requiem), but other sources derive it from the Old French verb reschignier ("to grimace while baring teeth").
The blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis), also known as pencil shark or blacktip topeshark, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Hypogaleus. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelf in the Indo-West Pacific , from East Africa to Japan , at depths between 40 and 230 m.