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  2. Thresher shark - Wikipedia

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    Named for their exceptionally long, thresher-like heterocercal tail or caudal fins (which can be as long as the total body length), thresher sharks are active predators; the tail is used as a weapon to stun prey. [12] [13] The thresher shark has a short head and a cone-shaped nose.

  3. Common thresher - Wikipedia

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    Numerous accounts have been given of common threshers using the long upper lobes of their tail fins to stun prey, and they are often snagged on longlines by their tails after presumably striking at the bait. In July 1914, shark-watcher Russell J. Coles reported seeing a thresher shark use its tail to flip prey fish into its mouth, and that one ...

  4. Blacktip reef shark - Wikipedia

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    All the fins have black tips highlighted by lighter-colored borders, which are especially striking on the first dorsal fin and lower caudal fin lobe. Most blacktip reef sharks are no more than 1.6 m (5.2 ft) long, though rarely individuals may reach 1.8 m (5.9 ft) or possibly 2.0 m (6.6 ft). [ 3 ]

  5. Blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    The pectoral fins, second dorsal fin, and the lower lobe of the caudal fin usually have black tips. The pelvic fins and rarely the anal fin may also be black-tipped. The first dorsal fin and the upper lobe of the caudal fin typically have black edges. [3] Some larger individuals have unmarked or nearly unmarked fins. [5] Blacktip sharks can ...

  6. Australian blacktip shark - Wikipedia

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    The Australian blacktip shark is bronze above (gray after death) and whitish below, with a pale stripe on the flanks. Some individuals have black tips on all fins, while others have unmarked pelvic and anal fins. It typically reaches 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) long; the maximum length and weight on record are 2.0 m (6.6 ft) and 52 kg (115 lb).

  7. Spinner shark - Wikipedia

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    The spinner shark resembles a larger version of the blacktip shark (C. limbatus), with a slender body, long snout, and black-marked fins. This species can be distinguished from the blacktip shark by the first dorsal fin, which has a different shape and is placed further back, and by the black tip on the anal fin (in adults only). It attains a ...

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  9. Blackbelly lanternshark - Wikipedia

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    The blackbelly lanternshark has two dorsal fins, [9] the second of which is larger, and a caudal, or tail, fin, which is relatively long. [11] The interdorsal space is short. [13] E. lucifer has relatively long gills, as well as five branchial arches. [12] Along the side of the body, from its snout to its tail fin, are rows of hook-shaped ...