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
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
The whitetip reef shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. It is the only extant species of genus Triaenodon. A small shark that does not usually exceed 1.6 m in length, this
The whitetip reef shark almost exclusively inhabits coral reefs
The "face" of a whitetip reef shark is distinctive, with a broad snout, tubular nasal flaps, and oval eyes with vertical pupils.
Whitetip reef sharks spend much of the day lying still on the bottom.