Triaenodon obesus
Taxonomical systematics
Scientific name
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)
Synonyms
Carcharias obesus
Common names
Whitetip Reef Shark,
Genus
Triaenodon
Family
Hemigaleidae
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Class
Elasmobranchii
Phylum
Chordata
Local ecology
Distribution
Tropical Eastern Pacific, Oceania, Tropical Western Pacific Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Tropical Eastern Indian Ocean, Northern and Western Indian Ocean.
Biological characteristics
Maximum size
213cm TL
Wild foods
Mainly fish and also cephalopods (Randall et al. 1997)
Whitetip Reef Shark T. obesus at Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea.
References
Randall J.E., Allen G.R. and Steene R.C. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, Australia. 557pp.
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