Whitetip Reef Shark

Illustrated: Adult whitetip reef shark, slender grey-brown body and white underside, broad flattened head with short rounded snout, first dorsal fin well behind pectoral fins. Bright white tip on first dorsal fin and upper tail lobe, sparse darker body flecks, five gill slits. Full side view, whole tail.

Triaenodon obesus

All languages

English

Whitetip Reef Shark

Japanese

ネムリブカ — ねむりぶか — nemuribuka

Korean

백기흉상어 — baekgihyungsangeo

Spanish

Cazón coralero trompacorta

French

Requin-corail

German

Weißspitzen-Riffhai

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.