Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

It squeezes into reef cracks to corner fish other sharks can't reach.

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Size

1.5–1.6 m

Depth

8–40 m

Range

Red Sea to Indo-Pacific

Habitat

Coral reefs

IUCN

Vulnerable

How to spot

White tips on first dorsal fin and tail; slim gray body; blunt head; rests still on the seabed.

True colors

Slim grey body with bright white tips on the first dorsal fin and upper tail fin.

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