White Tipped Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837)

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Triaenodon obesus (White Tipped Reef Shark) is a species of modern sharks in the family requiem sharks. They are listed as near threatened by IUCN. Individuals are known to live for 25 years and can grow to 108 cm.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened
Definition: A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39384

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EOL has data for 25 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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108 cm
body shape
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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160 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Ireland
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2963597
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000143
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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pelagic zone
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000208
- Definition: An open ocean region.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837) (White Tipped Reef Shark)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837) (White Tipped Reef Shark)
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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28.946 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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10065 g
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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11351 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of White Tipped Reef Shark. View this species on GBIF

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