Whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

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: Triaenodon

Where to Find

Found in 41 diving areas across 28 countries and 7 regions.

Christmas Island, Australia - 9 records
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 9 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 11037 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 9 records
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 20 records
Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 64 records
Bocas del Toro, Panama - 107 records
Coiba National Park, Panama - 107 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 8 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 26 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 22 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
Yap, Micronesia - 7 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 6 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 10 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
Upolu, Samoa - 42 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 9 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 5 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 3 records
Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 37 records
Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
Socorro Islands, Mexico - 123 records
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 167 records
Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 18 records
Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records