whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 616^th of 1525

Subject:	whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Triaenodon obesus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Triaenodon obesus
New Latin name Triaenodon obesus
Common name Nederlands: Witpuntrifhaai
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triaenodon_obesus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ14100069.tif

The whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. A small shark usually not exceeding 1.6 m in length, this species is easily recognizable by its white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins. One of the most common sharks found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, the whitetip reef sharks occur as far east as South Africa and as far west as Central America.

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