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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Carcharhinidae —whitetip reef shark .
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They include the giant grouper Epinephilus itajara (CR), and blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (VU); the rare deep water ragged-tooth shark Odontaspis ferox, hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, (300 individuals), nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum (VU), whale shark Rhincodon typus (VU: 1,000), whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Galapagos and ocean whitetip sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis and C. longimanus (VU).
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Vast [[migration] s of hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini, and white-tip shark Triaenodon obesus and fish pass close to the island.
Isla del Coco Marine and Terrestrial Conservation Area, Costa Rica 2008
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