Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

Whitetip Reef Shark (species: Triaenodon obesus)
Observed by Will Robbins
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:00:00

Location details

  • Yonge Reef

  • LIRS Site Group ID is 88, site 8.

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 10 m and 15 metres.

Details about the specimens

  • 2 specimens. (accurate to within 1)
  • specimens dead at end of the observation process.
  • specimens removed from natural environment as a part of the record-taking process.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

The identification was performed as part of the Growth demography and stock structure of north Queensland reef sharks.

LIRS Project ID is 11. Date is accurate to nearest month.