OuiSi Nature card 38: Whitetip Reef Shark, Green Moray Eel, and Spiny Porcupinefish. Photograph by Octavio Aburto The whole photograph behind card 38: Whitetip Reef Shark, Green Moray Eel, and Spiny Porcupinefish. Photograph by Octavio Aburto

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Whitetip Reef Shark, Green Moray Eel, and Spiny Porcupinefish

Triaenodon obesus, Gymnothorax castaneus, Diodon holocanthus

Location
Revillagigedo National Park, Mexico
Date
April 4, 2016
Photograph byOctavio Aburto

Description

There have been 28 species of sharks recorded for the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Colima, Mexico. Of those, at least ten different species have been observed on nearshore reefs within the islands. Whitetip reef sharks are the most common species and they look for refuge and places to rest in caves of seamounts.

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Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitetip_reef_shark
Octavio Aburto

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Octavio Aburto

Professional photographer associated at the iLCP and a Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Whitetip Reef Shark, Green Moray Eel, and Spiny Porcupinefish

Photograph by Octavio Aburto