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  2. 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).

  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. 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]

  5. 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

  6. Blacktip - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Blacktip sharks are swarming Florida's beaches - AOL

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    The sharks will typically first arrive in mid-January, but the waters off the coast of Palm Beach were empty until the end of the month. Blacktip sharks are swarming Florida's beaches Skip to main ...

  8. Great white shark population increasing off California coast

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    Surfers and swimmers were being warned Friday afternoon to stay out of the water along Manhattan Beach after a shark was spotted close to shore. Great white shark population increasing off ...

  9. Flake (fish) - Wikipedia

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    Flake is a term used in Australia to indicate the flesh of any of several species of shark, particularly the gummy shark. [1] [2] The term probably arose in the late 1920s when the large-scale commercial shark fishery off the coast of Victoria was established. Until that time, shark was generally an incidental catch rather than a targeted species.