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Common Name: Oceanic White Tip, White Tip Whaler, Whitetip Shark
Scientific Name: Carcharhinus longimanus
Size: Up to 4m
Found in: Deep tropical and temperate waters
Population Status: Vulnerable to Extinction (IUCN 2007)
Tooth Shape:
Tooth shape is triangular with serrated edges for cutting.
Reproduction:
Viviparous
Oceanic Whitetips give birth to live young with litter sizes of 1-15 pups. Gestation is around 12 months. Newborn pups are around 65cm long.
Interesting Facts:
Their diet can include oceanic bony fish such as tuna and dolphin fish aswell as turtles, stingrays, birds gastropods, squid crustaceans and mammal carrion.
