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The grey reef shark is a fast-swimming, agile predator that feeds primarily on free-swimming bony fishes and cephalopods. Its aggressive demeanor enables it to dominate many other shark species on the reef, despite its moderate size. Many grey reef sharks have a home range on a specific area of the reef, to which they continually return.
Genus Carcharhinus Blainville 1816 - 35 extant species Common name Scientific name Geographic range Conservation status IUCN Red List Length Image Blacknose shark: Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860) Endangered 1.3 m (4.3 ft) Silvertip shark: Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) Vulnerable 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft) maximum 3 m (9.8 ft)
This article lists several species of reef-associated sharks which are known by the common name reef sharks. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Blacktip reef shark; Grey reef shark; Whitetip reef shark; In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Galapagos shark; In the Atlantic Ocean: Caribbean reef shark
The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...
Scientific name Image Alopias pelagicus, Pelagic thresher, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Silvertip shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus altimus, Bignose shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Grey reef shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus brevipinna, Spinner shark, (Carcharhinidae)
It favors clear reef environments around oceanic islands, where it is often the most abundant shark species. A large species that often reaches 3.0 m (9.8 ft), the Galapagos reef shark has a typical fusiform "reef shark" shape and is very difficult to distinguish from the dusky shark (C. obscurus) and the grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos).
In the 41 million square miles of Atlantic Ocean, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary amounts to a mere speck. But the 11,000-acre square-shaped preserve, 19 miles off the Georgia coast, is a ...
The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey/gray nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabits the continental shelf , from sandy shorelines (hence the name sand tiger shark) and submerged reefs to a depth of around 191 m (627 ft ...