Caribbean reef shark
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The Caribbean reef shark is a species of requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, and is the most
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Caribbean Reef Shark at North Dry Rocks Reef, Key Largo, Fl.
Close-up of a Caribbean Reef Shark at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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Galapagos shark
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The Galapagos shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found worldwide. It favors clear reef environments around oceanic islands, where it is often the most abundant shark sp
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…analysis based on allozyme data, published by Gavin Naylor in 1992, indicated that the Caribbean reef shark is the sister taxon to a clade formed by the Galapagos shark (C. galapagensis), dusky shark (C. obscurus), oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus), and the blue shark (Prionace glauca). However, more work is…
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Galapagos sharks are common around oceanic island reefs.
The Galapagos shark can be difficult to distinguish from other large requiem sharks
A Galapagos shark off Kure Atoll in the Hawaiian Islands