Species: Carcharhinus melanopterus
English Name: Blacktip Reef Shark
Chinese Name: 烏翅真鯊
Family: Carcharhinidae
Description:
The Blacktip Reef Shark is a yellow-brown small shark with a short and bluntly rounded snout, oval eyes and narrow-cusped teeth. All of its fins are conspicuous with black or dark brown tips also anterior and posterior dark edging on pectoral fins and upper lobe of caudal fin. Can grow up to a length of 200cm for male and female. Lives in shallow water close inshore on coral reefs, mangrove areas and in the intertidal zone. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods and other mollusks. Commercialized for human use.
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References:
– Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 – Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO.