Help ID this Shark

[tursiops]

Same is true for a grey reef shark too, I believe!

Silky and Grey Reef are two names for the same species.
I agree, not a silky.

Edit: same family (Requiem) not species. My bad.

 

[coldwaterglutton]

Normal tail + smaller second dorsal fin + no nasal barbell + dorsal fin over anal fin = Lemon shark.

At least that's what Coughlin's shark chart gives me. They are not normally in the Asia-Pacific region.


Photo matches?

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[scubadada]

Second dorsal fin seems small for a Lemon, I see many in Florida.

 

[arkstorm]

Lemon shark second dorsal fin almost as big as first dorsal. Not a lemon shark.

 

[matts1w]

Thanks, everyone, for the recent replies. An update:

Last week, the photo found its way to the former director and shark expert at the Indo Ocean Project. She is currently writing a paper on Snaggletooth distribution in Indonesia, as there have been a few sightings around Nusa Penida (off Bali) and Lombok. She 100% confirms this is a Snaggletooth and is quite possibly the first real evidence of them inside the Komodo National Park.

How fun is that?

 

[Joneill]

Thanks, everyone, for the recent replies. An update:

Last week, the photo found its way to the former director and shark expert at the Indo Ocean Project. She is currently writing a paper on Snaggletooth distribution in Indonesia, as there have been a few sightings around Nusa Penida (off Bali) and Lombok. She 100% confirms this is a Snaggletooth and is quite possibly the first real evidence of them inside the Komodo National Park.

How fun is that?

Thanks for reporting back to confirm the ID. That was awesome sighting - very cool!

 

[CWK]

Silky and Grey Reef are two names for the same species.

Any references for this?

 

[Joneill]

Any references for this?

He is not correct on his statement - they are 2 different species of requiem sharks.

• Silky shark species is Carcharhinus falciformis
• Grey reef shark species is Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

 

[arkstorm]

She 100% confirms this is a Snaggletooth and is quite possibly the first real evidence of them inside the Komodo National Park.

How fun is that?

That is awesome. And very cool.

 

[tursiops]

Any references for this?

My typo. I meant family....Requiem. Corrected in my post above.
Thanks for catching that.