#2043 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Common Blacktip Shark

🇳🇱 Zwartpunthaai ·Carcharhinus limbatus

VUvulnerable 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The blacktip shark ( Carcharhinus limbatus ) is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae. It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. Genetic analyses have revealed substantial variation within this species, with populations from the western Atlantic Ocean isolated and distinct from those in the rest of its range. The blacktip shark has a stout, fusiform body with a pointed snout, long gill slits, and no...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,295iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,295 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle in 1839 (187 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.