#2021 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Whitetip Reef Shark

🇳🇱 Witpuntrifhaai ·Triaenodon obesus

VUvulnerable 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Craig Fujii · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © uwkwaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Daniel Benák · CC BY 4.0
7. © 104623964081378888743 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Alfonso González · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © kaeliswift · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Dwight Baker · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The whitetip reef shark ( Triaenodon obesus ) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. 2 ft) in length, this species is easily recognizable by its slender body and short but broad head, as well as tubular skin flaps beside the nostrils, oval eyes with vertical pupils, and white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins. One of the most common sharks found on Indo-Pacific...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,769iNaturalist 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.
6,769 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eduard Rüppell in 1837 (189 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.