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Shark I. D.
Posted April 25th, 2008 by MartinDick
On some level, I just assume any shark at Molasses Reef is a nurse shark. This one isn't. Do you know what species it is? Is it a reef shark? I would guess its length at about four feet.
Thank You,
Marty
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It is a Caribbean reef
It is a Caribbean reef shark.
Andy Dehart
General Manager
National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.
REEF Board of Trustees
I'm not positive but my
I'm not positive but my guess would be a Caribbean Reef
Shark. Look at pictures of ‘em on Google and you will see much simularity between them and the one you caught on camera.
Shark ID
We dove on Molasses Reef (North Star) on April 24th afternoon. I believe my buddy and I spotted this shark. It was not very clear to me which species it was at first glance but my buddy said it was a blacktip. But looking into your picture and at the book; blacktips have a pale anal fin and at your picture it looks like the anal fin is dark…I particularly don’t remember the color of the anal fin but I did notice a very pointy snout and an approximate size of 1.5 meters. Maybe is a spinner shark or more likely a reef shark…Anyone?