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Triaenodon obesus
During the day, whitetip reef sharks spend much of their time resting inside caves. Unlike other requiem sharks, which rely on ram ventilation and must constantly swim to breathe, this shark can pump water over its gills and lie still on the bottom.
Islote Tintoreras, Isabela
Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012
9 Comments
Very lucky Sarah!
You are so lucky being able to experience these fantastic animals.
Sarah, the sharks swim into Tintoreras islets at high tide & get trapped there when the tide goes out & have to wait until the next high tide to leave. We did snorkel with many whitetips & galapagos sharks, & one huge hammerhead!
I was only interested in this shark and I only talked about the Port Jackson Shark as an example for my question, sorry if there was any offence taken.
@Karen, interesting shark. How did you spot it, do you do diving?
@ ashleyT. I was not disputing the ID, I was interested in the, I did work at the Seahorse Farm in Port Adelaide South Australia, there they had Port Jackson Sharks, so I do know where they are found.
Not a bottom feeder sarah - this is what it says on Wiki:
With its slender, lithe body, the whitetip reef shark specializes in wriggling into narrow crevices and holes in the reef and extracting prey inaccessible to other reef sharks.
The port jackson shark is found in Australia and New Zealand.....and they don't have white tips on the dorsal fin like this spotting does. Definitely a white tip, just like she has it.
Is its mouth located on the underside of its head as opposed to forward facing? Because this would indicate its a bottom feeder like the Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)