#2058 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Caribbean Reef Shark

🇳🇱 Caribische rifhaai ·Carcharhinus perezii

ENendangered 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

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

what is it?

The Caribbean reef shark ( Carcharhinus perezi ) is a species of requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, and is the most commonly encountered reef shark in the Caribbean Sea. With a robust, streamlined body typical of the requiem sharks, this species is difficult to tell apart from other large members of its family such as the dusky shark ( C. obscurus )...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,280iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
1,280 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Felipe Poey in 1876 (150 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.