Oceanic whitetip shark - Wikipedia
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins. The species is typically solitary, though they may gather in large numbers at food concentrations.
Oceanic Whitetip Shark - NOAA Fisheries
2024年11月19日 · Oceanic whitetip sharks are large, pelagic sharks found in tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world. They live offshore in deep water, but spend most of their time in the upper part of the water column near the surface. Oceanic whitetip sharks are long-lived, late maturing, and have low to moderate productivity.
Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Ocean Conservancy
Oceanic whitetip sharks are top predators that love the wide-open ocean. They are recognized by their white-tipped fins. They should not be confused with whitetip reef sharks which are found in reef habitats whereas oceanic whitetip sharks prefer the open sea.
Carcharhinus longimanus – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2024年9月18日 · The oceanic whitetip shark is distributed worldwide in epipelagic tropical and subtropical waters between 30°N and 35°S latitude (Baum et al. 2015). It ranges from Maine, U.S. south to Argentina in the western Atlantic Ocean and from Portugal to South Africa and the Mediterranean in the eastern Atlantic.
Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Oceana
The oceanic whitetip shark is one of the most widely ranging sharks, common throughout the warm latitudes of all oceans. It lives in the open ocean, where it is a predator at the top of pelagic food webs. This species gets its common name from the …
Oceanic whitetip shark - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins. The species is typically solitary, though they may gather in large numbers at food concentrations.
ADW: Carcharhinus longimanus: INFORMATION
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) lives in tropical waters worldwide between north 45° and 43° south latitude. A globally widespread shark, they can be found in the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
The Truth About Oceanic Whitetip Sharks - Ocean Conservancy
2023年6月1日 · While oceanic whitetip sharks were once among the most abundant shark species in our ocean, populations around the world have decreased dramatically in recent years. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists oceanic whitetip sharks as Critically Endangered (the highest vulnerability ranking possible before ...
Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Smithsonian Ocean
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is usually observed offshore in deep, warm waters throughout the world. The common length is about 270 cm (approximately 9 ft), but much larger oceanic whitetips have been recorded, one measuring 396 cm (approximately 13 ft).
Oceanic Whitetip Sharks ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
Oceanic whitetip sharks, Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861), aka white-tipped shark, whitetip oceanic shark and whitetip shark, are large stocky sharks with a huge, rounded first dorsal fins and long, wide-tipped pectoral fins. Their snouts are blunt and rounded; their upper teeth are triangular and they have an interdorsal ridge.