Sentences with phrase «common blacktip»

The University of Queensland reports that in five different spots along a 1,200 miles stretch of Australia's eastern coastline, researchers found nearly 60 sharks that were the product of interbreeding between two separate, albiet similarly named species: common blacktip sharks (C. limbatus) and Australian blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus tilstoni).

At Heron Island's signature dive site, Heron Bommie, you can spot mantas and eagle rays and the common blacktip and whitetip reef sharks.

Not exact matches

Although at least seven species of sharks frequent Palmyra, the camera confirmed that smaller - sized sharks — such as the ubiquitous blacktip variety — were the most common, an observation that matched previous visual surveys.

Shopping for species Fish market surveys of the kind that resulted in the rediscovery of the smoothtooth blacktip are an increasingly common research tool that offers many advantages over traditional scientific field sampling.

Some of the common species to be spotted include the Zambezi, Blacktip, Spinner and Dusky sharks.

Spotted eagle rays, turtles and blacktip sharks are common visitors to Turneffe's reefs.

Big trevallies are around, sometimes you can see a glimpse of blacktips, Mantis shrimps are common.