Oceanic Whitetip
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.
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.
