Species ID
View AllGrey Reef Shark
( Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos )
Description
Other names
Black-vee Whaler, Fowler’s Whaler Shark, Graceful Shark, Graceful Whaler Shark, Gray Reef Shark, Longnose Blacktail Shark, School Shark
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- CAUTION: Has been known to attack humans
- Is a member of the family Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)
- Can grow to 2.6m in length
- Grey above, white below
- Stocky body with a blunt nose
- Distinguished by it’s plain or sometimes white-tipped first dorsal fin and black tips on the other fins
- Displays a “hunched” appearance when threatened
- Common and aggressive
- Near threatened
- Often form small groups
- Frequents drop-offs around coral reef environments from QLD to WA
