Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

Blacktip Reef Shark (species: Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Observed by Anne Hoggett
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:00:00

Location details

  • Turtle Group

  • SE side of the most northerly island in the group

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 0 m and 0.2 metres.

Details about the specimen(s)

  • Specimen count is not recorded.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

About 20 small blacktips (estimated at 40 to 50 cm) were seen in an intertidal mangrove area