Name: Blacknose shark
Scientific Name: Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey, 1860)
Family: Carcharhinidae
Group: Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Class: Fish
Size: 101-200 cm.
This shark is easily identified by the dark spot that it has on the point of its snout. It lives next to the coast on sandy, coral and coarse bottoms. It feeds on small fish but very often is, itself, eaten by bigger sharks. When it feels threatened it arches its back, with its head pointing up and its tail down, which seems to be an attempt to intimidate its enemies. Mating takes place during spring and fertilisation is internal. Later, the females give birth to between 3 and 6 fully formed young measuring about 50 cm, in estuaries and protected inlets.
Photo by:
Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch
Global Ocean
