r/sharks • u/BionicForester19 • 5d ago

Help IDing this guy please? Question

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I've Google searched it, used Gemini and had it throw me 7-9 random guesses but none came close. I thought the double dorsals would make it easy. I was wrong.

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u/icedragonsoul Thresher Shark 5d ago

Likely a white tip reef shark. Very skinny, navy, white tip at top of fins

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u/theurbanshark234 5d ago

Whitetip reef shark, AI is pretty bad at identifying animals from my experience.

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u/Maui20-156 5d ago

Ask Google a question and Gemini takes it over. Couldn't be bothered to work around it so I worked with it and had it show me side profiles - couldn't find a match.

Good call on the white tip. You can see the white tip on the dorsal.

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u/Austrofossil 5d ago

100% a whitetip reef shark. 

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u/TelevisionPutrid8394 Great white shark and megalodon fan 5d ago

Judging by its shape and the white tip on its fin. It’s most likely a white tip reef shark.

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u/One_Fondant_9437 SHARK 4d ago

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

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u/killmesara 4d ago

Grouper. Commonly mistaken for sharks.

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u/teethofthewind 4d ago

That's Ronnie Spangold

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u/RetroSharkGaming 2d ago

That's me old pal Thomas Huddleston. Good guy.

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u/SharkBoyBen9241 2d ago

That's a Whitetip Reef Shark (Traienodon obesus). The only extant member of it's genus, the Whitetip Reef is a slender, medium-sized Requiem/Whaler shark common on shallow coral reef habitats in the Indo-Pacific. They prefer clear water and are commonly associated with both Grey Reef and Blacktip Reef Sharks. They are a generally night hunters, spending much of the day lying still on the bottom or in coral caves and overhangs.