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Carcharhinidae
Whitetip reef shark
Triaenodon obesus
White fins resting by day hunting at night
- Black
- Gray
- White
- Tropical
- Nearshore
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Fusiform
LargeWhitetip reef shark is a marine fish that lives in coastal and open-ocean waters. It is known for white fins resting by day hunting at night.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Ground Sharks
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Triaenodon
- Maximum length
- 213 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Habitat
- Coastal and open-ocean waters
- Body shape
- Shark-shaped
- Diet
- Carnivorous
- Distribution
- Warm waters worldwide
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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