Author: (Valenciennes, 1839)
FBname: Blacktip shark
Comments: An inshore and offshore shark found on or adjacent to continental and insular shelves (Ref. 244).  Often off river mouths and estuaries, muddy bays, mangrove swamps, lagoons, and coral reef drop-offs (Ref. 244).  Bottom associated or pelagic (Ref. 58302).   Young common along beaches (Ref. 9710).  Active hunter in midwater (Ref. 5485).  Feeds mainly on pelagic and benthic fishes, also small sharks and rays, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 5578; 37816).  Viviparous (Ref. 50449).  Produces litters of one to 10 young  (Ref. 26938, 1602).  Incriminated in very few attacks but dangerous when provoked (Ref. 244).  Often taken by shore anglers (Ref. 5485).  Used fresh for human consumption, hides for leather, liver for oil (Ref. 244).  Parthenogenesis has been observed in a captive female (Ref. 80664).