Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
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 44 diving areas across 31 countries and 7 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 19 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 19 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 23 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 21 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 16 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 47 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 14 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 14 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 217 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 8 records
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records