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	BLACKTIP REEF SHARK - Enchanted Learning Software
		Carcharhinus melanopterus is a common reef shark with distinctive fl markings on the ends of its fins and a blunt snout.
		The fltip reef shark is widely displayed in aquariums, as it is one of the few sharks that does well in captivity.
		The fltip reef shark is very common in the coral reefs and shallow lagoons of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/sharks/species/Blacktipreef.shtml (349 words)

	Blacktip Reef Shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a shark of tropical and warm temperate seas.
		Reproduction is viviparous, with 2-4 pups in a litter.
		The fltip is one of only a few sharks that can jump fully out of the water, this behaviour is called breaching, they have also been observed to stick their heads out of the water to look (spy-hopping).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blacktip_Reef_Shark (469 words)

	Gray Reef Shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gray reef shark is found from the Red sea to the easter islands from the surface to about 250 meters deapth in lagoons and close to islands and reefs.
		The Blacktip Reef Shark looks similar, and also common, but is distinguished by a fl tip on the first dorsal fin.
		Reproduction is viviparous, with 1-6 pups in a litter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gray_Reef_Shark (308 words)

	Cultural
		The three species discusses below are the whale shark, which is the largest of all sharks species, the tiger shark, which is a common aggressive predator in Hawaii, and the fltip reef shark which is a relatively docile shark which frequent the littoral fringe of the islands.
		Blacktip reef sharks are among the smaller sharks found in the Hawaiian islands.
		The reproduction of fltip reef sharks is viviparous.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~karuna/shark_species.htm (1543 words)

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		The upper and lower jaw teeth of fltip reef shark are quite similar in shape, being quite long, erect, broad based with a narrow point.
		The fltip reef shark primarily feeds on small bony fishes, the fast shallow water hunter is also known to feed upon octopus.
		The fltip reef shark tends to inhabit shallow/clearer water 3m or less, often near reef flats where its dorsal is often seen exposed.This species is found in waters throughout the tropical Indo-West and Central Pacific.
	homepage.mac.com /kyley/NA_folder/NA/blacktip.html (188 words)

	Blacktip Reef Shark (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blacktip Reef Sharks bitten the ankles of snorklers especially on reefs and have been known to become towards Spear Fishers but are still not dangerous.
		Blacktip Reef Sharks are often the bycatch from other fisheries and are often and wasted.
		These sharks are used for fin soup in which a shark's fin cut off and the rest of the is thrown into the water to die.
	www.freeglossary.com /Blacktip_Reef_Shark (670 words)

	Shedd Aquarium
		This shark is often confused with the larger 9 foot (2.7 m) fltip shark, which almost always swims in the open ocean away from coral reefs.
		Being a smaller shark, the fltip reef shark falls prey to larger sharks and groupers—large reef fish.
		Blacktip reef sharks must swim constantly with their mouths open, allowing oxygen-rich water to flow over the gills or breathing structures, which are located in five separate slits on each side of the head.
	www.sheddaquarium.org /sea/fact_sheets.cfm?id=75 (1559 words)

	Reef sharks
		The fltip reef shark, grey reef shark and whitetip reef shark are all sharks that are found on or in the vicinity of coral reefs.
		The fltip is found on sand flats from the surface down to 15 meters, while the grey lives in the clearer but deeper water from 0 meter to 150 meters, occasionally to 1000 meters.
		The fltip is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical oceans, from the central Pacific westwards to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.
	www.sharkology.com /reef.html (466 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Blacktip reef shark
		The fltip reef shark is one of the most common reef sharks in the Pacific Ocean, along with the white tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) and the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).
		The fltip reef shark is beige or brownish in color on the dorsal surface and white on the belly or ventral surface (countershading).
		The fltip reef shark is a medium sized shark and commonly reaches maturity at 36-39 inches (0.91-1.0 m) total length (TL) and 38-44 inches (0.97 -1.12 m) TL for males and females respectively.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/BlacktipReefShark/BlacktipReefShark.html (853 words)

	Caribbean Reef Shark's FINAL
		The Caribbean reef shark can be identified against other sharks by its relatively large eyes, distance between pelvis and anal fins being less than 3/4 length of anal fin base, and length of second dorsal being greater than its height.
		Sharks, like humans, have teeth that are not implanted in sockets but are attached at their bases to a connective tissue, and anchored by a root.
		Sharks are extremely efficient when it comes to finding food because they can hear things that are thousands of yards away and detecting pray by sight, smell, sound, touch, taste, water vibrations, and electric fields..
	jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu /FieldCourses00/PapersMarineEcologyArticles/CaribbeanReefSharksFINAL.html (1780 words)

	Boattalk.com - The Blacktip Reef Shark (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Habitat - The Blacktip reef shark is very common in the coral reefs and shallow lagoons of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.
		Blacktip Reef is the common name for about ten related species of sharks all found in temperate oceans.
		The Black-Tipped Reef Shark has a well defined fl tip to its dorsal fin and its lower tail fin and grow to about 5 feet.
	www.boattalk.com /sharks/blacktipshark.htm (303 words)

	Blacktip shark - Discover The Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blacktip sharks are members of the requiem shark family, which is the largest group of sharks.
		Blacktip sharks are a widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and warmer temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
		Blacktip sharks are popular among sport fishermen due to their aggressive nature that includes hard runs and strong jumps.
	www.discovertheoutdoors.com /swfishing/species/speciesnostate.jsp?speciesid=418 (935 words)

	FishingWorld.com - News Center
		As the group watched in shocked disbelief the shark attacked the stringer of specks and began slashing and rolling, throwing water, fear, and panic onto the group of anglers who were now trying to avoid the sudden terror of a shark attack.
		Blacktip reef shark have similar, but noticeably lighter coloring with a dark band on their flanks.
		Blacktip shark have Bluish-gray, dark gray, grayish-bronze or gray-brown bodies and white or yellow-white bellies with a white band running along their flanks, help to distinguish the fltip from other sharks, as do their dorsal, pectoral, anal, and lower caudal fins that also have distinctive fl tips.
	www.fishingworld.com /News/Read.php?ArtID=000010781 (1791 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Grey Reef Shark
		The grey reef shark is a viviparous species, which refers to reproduction when the embryos are nourished with a yolksac placenta during gestation inside the mother.
		The grey reef shark may be taken by longline shark fisheries and are valued for their fins that are used in shark fin soup.
		The grey reef shark is vulnerable to overfishing due to its restricted habitat, small litter size, and relatively late age of maturity.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/GReefShark/GReefShark.html (1281 words)

	Boattalk.com - Sharks of the World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sharks are most commonly found in warm seas but live in oceans as well as some rivers and lakes.
		Sharks are amazing fish that have been around since long before the dinosaurs existed.
		Unlike other fish, sharks have no bones; their skeleton is made of cartilage, which is not nearly as hard as bone.
	www.boattalk.com /sharks (222 words)

	Whale shark
		The whale shark is the giant, slow swimming king of the fishes, slowly passing through the tropical waters of the oceans.
		The whale shark is ovoviviparous, witch means that the egg cases are hatched in the uterus and that the mother then give birth to live young.
		In the past, the whale shark has been of little interest to man. This has resulted in a near lack of scientific research on this species, and today still very little is known about ecology and behavior of the whale shark.
	www.sharkology.com /whale.html (817 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - THE SEYCHELLES
		Blacktips are the most commonly found sharks around the coral reefs and lagoons of tropical atolls together with grey reef sharks and whitetip reef sharks.
		Like all sharks they are ancient yet complete in their design, the result of over 300 million years of change and adaptation.
		Blacktip reef sharks are common in Aldabra, but are possibly declining in the overall scheme of the ocean ecology due to pressures from global fisheries.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20021220_log_transcript.html (815 words)

	The Caribbean Reef Shark Final #2
		The Caribbean reef shark can be identified from other sharks by three factors; its relatively large eyes, distance between pelvis and anal fins being less than 3/4 length of the anal fin base, and length of second dorsal being greater than its height.
		Due to the fact that sharks have a skeleton composed of flexible cartilage, reinforced with some mineral deposits, they are able to swim gracefully through the oceansí waters.
		Several sharks considered dangerous, but have few recorded attacks and far fewer fatalities, are the gray reef shark, fltip reef shark, and reef shark.
	jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu /FieldCourses00/MarineEcologyArticles/TheCaribbeanReefSharkFina.html (1771 words)

	Shark species involved
		The shark uses the teeth of its lower jaw to impale prey, then it swings its head from side-to-side using the heavy triangular teeth of its upper jaw to carve a mouthful of tissue from its prey.
		The shark grows to a length of at least 18.3 feet [5.6 m], and may attain a length of more than 20 feet [6.1 m], however, most individuals encountered by divers are between 10 and 14 feet in length [3 to 4.3 m].
		A shark was seen to use the underside of its hammer-shaped head to bludgeon and pin a stingray to the seabed, then the shark pivoted and bit a chunk out of the ray's pectoral fin.
	www.sharkattackfile.net /species.htm (7082 words)

	CRC Reef Research Centre
		This shark is slightly larger than the fltip shark, up to 2 m, with a white tip on the pectoral fin.
		This shark grows to 3m, and is found in the base of coral caves.
		A small shark to 1m in length, this species is a reef flat dweller.
	www.reef.crc.org.au /discover/plantsanimals/sharks/sharksgbr.html (267 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide
		Blacktip reef sharks patrol their territories in coral lagoons and around the edges of reefs.
		Blacktip sharks are often caught and wasted as bycatch from other fisheries.
		Female fltip sharks incubate their young for up to 16 months before giving birth.
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=410 (174 words)

	Aquarium Berlin / EXPERIENCE / Animal highlights / Blacktip reef shark
		The fltip sharks belong to the order of CARCHARHINIFORMES, whose distinguishing features are five gill slits on each side of the head, two spineless dorsal fins, an elongated snout, a mouth ending behind the eyes, nicitating membranes (third eyelids), and the absence of enlarged molars in the last row of teeth.
		The fltip shark is a member of one of the forty eight species of the maneater family known for their attacks on humans.
		The fltip shark is a typical dweller of reef flats, elevated structures that separate the forereef from a lagoon and can even lie out of the water at ebb tide.
	www.aquarium-berlin.de /en/experience/animal-highlights/blacktip-reef-shark.html (527 words)

	Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus at MarineBio.org
		The fltip reef shark is a fast, pursuit predator that prefers reef fishes, but also feeds on stingrays, crabs, mantis shrimps and other crustaceans, cephalopods, and other mollusks.
		Blacktip reef sharks are viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta, with a gestation period about 10 months and litter size of 2-4 pups.
		Blacktip reef sharks are regularly caught by inshore fisheries and are vulnerable to depletion because of their small litter sizes and long gestation periods.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=90 (1119 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Pacific Blacktip Reef Shark
		A moderately-sized, brownish shark with a blunt snout, horizontally oval eyes, and obvious fl blotches on the first dorsal apex, lower caudal lobe and the tips of other fins.
		Pacific fltips have a light brown dorsal surface fading to a white ventral surface.
		This shark species is believed to penetrate into fresh water in Malaysia; however, its ability to tolerate fresh water over a specific time duration is unknown.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/chondrichthyes/selachii/carcharhiniformes/pacific-blacktip-reef-shark.htm (577 words)

	Shark pregnancy
		In it was a perfectly formed, 10-inch-long shark pup that was almost ready to be born.
		He had been examining the shark, Tidbit, to figure out why she reacted badly to routine sedatives during a physical and died, hours after biting an aquarium curator on the shin.
		Blacktip reef sharks are sensitive to change, so it was standard procedure to give Tidbit a sedative.
	www.meta-religion.com /Zoology/Oddities/shark_pregnacy.htm (930 words)

	JASA: Bahamas Shark Encounters
		These sharks are not uncommon to be seen on some of the reefs in the Bahamas just swimming by and can be seen cruising the shallow waters of the Little Bahama Bank.
		On Shark Canyon, there are about 3 or 4 friendly residents who on occasion will swim up for a scratch on their backs; gently of course.
		This shark is very similar the to the Blacktip reef shark, but it's snout is longer and they don't get as big.
	www.scuba-adventures.com /sharks.shtml (1825 words)

	Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - Black Tip Shark
		Blacktip reef sharks grow up to six feet long and 99 pounds.
		Blacktip reef sharks are active both during the day and at night.
		Blacktip reef sharks follow the tide in and out, searching for food.
	www.kidszoo.com /animals/blacktipshark.htm (178 words)

	ADW: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos: Information
		The fltip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and the fltip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) can be distinguised by a fl tip on the dorsal fin, while the dorsal fin of C.
		Since grey reef sharks are generally a harmless and inquisitive species, studies are conducted on them quite easily.
		While the grey reef shark has not been identified as endangered as of yet, depletion of the species has been noticed around the Maldive Islands, and may be occurring in other parts of its range.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Carcharhinus_amblyrhynchos.html (1317 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Blacktip Reef Sharks
		The Blacktip Reef Shark is the common name for Carcharhinus melanopterus, which is found in shallow tropical and subtropical reefs and lagoons around the world.
		Female Blacktips carry anything up to seven young in their bodies and after 12 months gestation the pups are born at a size of 30cm to 45cm long
		All sharks are predators and as such, are attracted to flapping and to an elevated heartbeat, assuming that both are emanating from an injured and/or vulnerable prey species.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3116675 (1172 words)

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