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Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)

A Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) with Slender Suckerfish (Echeneis naucrates). West Wall, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea

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WHITETIP REEF SHARK FACTS

Classification

Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Triaenodon
Species:	obesus
Common Name:	Whitetip Reef Shark