Whitetip reef shark
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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
Carcharhinus albimarginatus shark
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.
Grey reef shark
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The grey reef shark or gray reef shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae. One of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific, it is found as far east as Easter Island and
Whitetip reef shark
…the three most common sharks inhabiting the reefs of the Indo-Pacific, the other two being the blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) and the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The habitat preferences of this species overlap those of the other two, though it does not tend to frequent very shallow…
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Identifying features of the grey reef shark include dark edges on all fins except for the first dorsal fin.
Coral reef drop-offs are favored habitat for grey reef sharks.
A female grey reef shark off Wake Island - this species is one of the most common sharks on Indo-Pacific reefs.