Whitetip Reef Shark Gallery

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) midwater. It is one of the many species of sharks that are feared although it rarely attacks humans - but when cornered or near speared fish the fear is justified. French Polynesia

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A Whitetip Reef Shark laying on the sany bottom off the coast of Fiji

A Whitetip Reef Shark laying on the bottom in the sand and looking up at the above approaching photographer in the clear South Pacific ocean off Likuri Island, Fiji

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Whitetip reef shark, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus), full body view with sunset, Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

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