What shark is this?

wearypanda · 14th May 2007, 23:01

The most important question has to be..

Is he fierce or friendly?

rogeringebo · 20th May 2007, 04:07

Hi again!
I have been speaking to a marine biologist and her guess is that it is a Grey Shark, the pelagic cousin of the Grey reef shark.....

/Rodge

teksimple · 20th May 2007, 05:41

Quote: (Originally Posted by rogeringebo)

Hi again!
I have been speaking to a marine biologist and her guess is that it is a Grey Shark, the pelagic cousin of the Grey reef shark.....

/Rodge

Pelagic Gray shark? I have never heard of one. Would you mind asking your marine biologist friend to which genus and species she is referring?

rogeringebo · 20th May 2007, 05:47

I can see if I can reach her.....
I got the impression that there is

-Black tip reef shark and Black tip shark
-White tip reef shark and White tip shark (Oceanic I guess)
-Grey reef shark and Grey shark ... the later being larger and living in deeper waters

Rodge

teksimple · 20th May 2007, 10:28

Quote: (Originally Posted by rogeringebo)

I can see if I can reach her.....
I got the impression that there is

-Black tip reef shark and Black tip shark
-White tip reef shark and White tip shark (Oceanic I guess)
-Grey reef shark and Grey shark ... the later being larger and living in deeper waters

Rodge

Perfectly understandable why that would make sense. However, you point out the exact reason why common names are not very useful for scientific identification. An oceanic white tip shark is more closely related to a blacktip reef shark than it is to white tipped reef shark. A gray whaler shark is the same as the gray reef shark. You get the idea...

CCRHexe · 20th May 2007, 11:16

would vote for a smaller bullshark. Missed it, where did you took the picture ?

rogeringebo · 20th May 2007, 13:35

In the gulf of Thailand...

Cheers

Roger

busterlung · 23rd May 2007, 12:42

http://www.busterlung.co.uk/cartoon%20strip%20008.jpg

wearypanda · 11th March 2008, 09:15

Hi Roger. I stumbled across this site just now and thought you may fnd it interesting. They are adamant that the sharks at Chumphon are young Bulls. Some good pictures on the site.Bull Sharks of Chumphon Pinnacle

Mike Costanzo · 11th March 2008, 09:48

Bull Shark, small eyes, big body, nob on top tail fin.

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teksimple Enlightened Alpinist Current Rebreather/s: MK 15.X Other Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back in Hawaii Posts: 503	Re: What shark is this? Quote: (Originally Posted by rogeringebo) I can see if I can reach her..... I got the impression that there is -Black tip reef shark and Black tip shark -White tip reef shark and White tip shark (Oceanic I guess) -Grey reef shark and Grey shark ... the later being larger and living in deeper waters Rodge Perfectly understandable why that would make sense. However, you point out the exact reason why common names are not very useful for scientific identification. An oceanic white tip shark is more closely related to a blacktip reef shark than it is to white tipped reef shark. A gray whaler shark is the same as the gray reef shark. You get the idea... __________________ ---- _____________ "I don't know the percentage of the Internet that's valid, do you? Jesus, it's scary." - Hunter S. Thompson
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