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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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    The blacktip shark has a stout, fusiform body with a pointed snout, long gill slits, and no ridge between the dorsal fins. Most individuals have black tips or edges on the pectoral, dorsal, pelvic, and caudal fins. It usually attains a length of 1.5 m (4.9 ft).

  4. Australian blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    The Australian blacktip shark is bronze above (gray after death) and whitish below, with a pale stripe on the flanks. Some individuals have black tips on all fins, while others have unmarked pelvic and anal fins. It typically reaches 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) long; the maximum length and weight on record are 2.0 m (6.6 ft) and 52 kg (115 lb).

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

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    Kajiura estimated more than 10,000 of the sharks are swimming just off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. And we really mean just off the coast. "The interesting thing is these sharks are right up ...

  6. Shark tourism - Wikipedia

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    Cape Town is known for Great whites and Seven-gill sharks and Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks are known for ragged-tooth sharks (also known as grey nurse or spotted sand tiger sharks), hammerhead schools, white tips reef sharks, oceanic black tip sharks, bull sharks (Zambezi), tiger sharks and the occasional great white sighting. These sites ...

  7. Carcharhinus - Wikipedia

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    Grey reef shark: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) Endangered Mostly less than 1.9 m (6.2 ft) maximum 2.6 m (8.5 ft) Pigeye shark: Carcharhinus amboinensis

  8. Florida man bitten twice by shark at same beach over a ... - AOL

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    Waves splashing over the reef at Bathtub Reef Beach at sunrise on Hutchinson Island, Florida. (Photo credit: Diana Robinson Photography/Getty Images) While the odds of being bitten by a shark are ...

  9. Smoothtooth blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    Superficially, the smoothtooth blacktip shark resembles the blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus). It is rather robust in build, with a short and blunt snout. The large nostrils are preceded by well-developed, triangular flaps of skin. The small, circular eyes are equipped with nictitating membranes. The mouth forms a wide arch and has very ...