Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Oceanic whitetips (Carcharhinus longimanus), also known as brown shark, lesser white shark or silvertip sharks, are named most descriptively as the oceanic whitetip due to all of its rounded fin tips being white or showing mottled white patterns. They can grow to nearly 4 meters in length and are one of the most hunted sharks in the world. Photo: Peter Collings | Deeplens.com Anatomy and Appearance The Oceanic Whitetip has a stocky build with a short, bluntly rounded snout, i