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Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Chondrichthyes → Class Elasmobranchii → Subclass Neoselachii → Infraclass Selachii → Superorder Galeomorphi → Order Carcharhiniformes → Family Carcharhinidae → Genus Triaenodon

Common name: Whitetip Reef Shark
Locations: Hawaii, Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishSharks

Juveniles are smaller and have a more slender body.

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Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Maybe pregnant
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)
This one has a hook in its mouth
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