Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Carcharhinus
Where to Find
Found in 40 diving areas across 27 countries and 9 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 68 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 23 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 12 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 11 records
- Utila, Honduras - 12 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 12 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 12 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 8 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 5 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 54 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 57774 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 12 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 13 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 44 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records