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  2. Blacktip reef shark - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    Blacktip sharks are one of the most important species to the northwestern Atlantic shark fishery, second only to the sandbar shark (C. plumbeus). The flesh is considered superior to that of the sandbar shark, resulting in the sandbar and other requiem shark species being sold under the name "blacktip shark" in the United States.

  4. Here's how many shark bites have happened on the ... - AOL

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    He was bitten in the hand by a 4- to 5-foot-long blacktip reef shark while surfing the "Stuart Rocks" break. That encounter left him with 12 stitches and a cast. Here's what to know about shark ...

  5. Two-time shark attack survivor in Florida says he can’t wait ...

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    The quiet reef on the Atlantic Coast got its name from the “bathtub effect” which breaks up waves, creates a shallow pool at low tide and reduces erosion. ... courtesy of a blacktip reef shark ...

  6. Florida man survives his second shark attack in 11 years ...

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    The afternoon incident was all too familiar with an earlier attack that Taschman experienced in 2013 – he had been 16 at the time – when a blacktip reef shark took a chunk out of his right ...

  7. Australian blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. Surfer bitten by shark at same beach 11 years apart: ‘Same ...

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    He was 16 in 2013 when a blacktip reef shark bit his hand. "Same beach, same exact rock, same place, same reef, same everything," he said.

  9. Carcharhinus - Wikipedia

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    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