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Reef Shark (assorted)

Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming side-on over hard corals, with black-tipped fins and a pale flank stripe

Crédito de la imagen: Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons (from Flickr)

Carcharhinidae spp. (reef sharks)

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Acerca de Reef Shark (assorted).

Reef shark is a common name, not a single taxon. Wikipedia's index of the name lists several reef-associated sharks known by it: the blacktip, grey and whitetip reef sharks in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Galapagos shark in the Atlantic and Pacific, and the Caribbean reef shark in the Atlantic. This group entry covers sightings where the species was not recorded.

Wikipedia's page on requiem sharks places all five in the family Carcharhinidae, which the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists as an accepted family.

A conservation status is not given here, because this entry covers a whole group.

Dónde vive.

Wikipedia calls these sharks reef-associated, and describes the requiem sharks as sharks of warm seas.

Where Divers Find Them

In Tulamben, Bali, Blue Season Bali says that despite the shallow depth it is quite common to see small reef sharks at Coral Garden, and bali.com lists reef sharks at Batu Kelebit. Neither says which species.

Cómo se comporta.

Wikipedia describes the requiem sharks as migratory and live-bearing, with the young born fully developed.

Underwater Encounter Behavior

The sources cited here do not describe how reef sharks react to divers.

Dónde verlo.

Evidencia para amed · 4 sitios de buceo

La distribución general no demuestra la presencia en un sitio de buceo concreto.