shark id
Submitted by dakka on Sat, 2014-01-25 22:41
i know its not a good photo but this was all i was able to get before it snapped my son off right at the boat tonite. any ideas of what it was please.
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Jason P
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My best guess looks to be a
My best guess looks to be a bronze whaler. Fisheries WA has a field guide for identifying different sharks this may help.
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carnarvonite
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Not a bronzie
If you check your fisheries field guide on page 14 it will show that the dorsal fin on a bronze whaler starts just in front of the back of its pectoral fins and now check out the bottom of page 6 of the same guide and you will see that the dorsal fin on a tawny nurse shark starts well back behind the pectoral fins.
carnarvonite
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Tawny nurse
From what I can see it looks like a tawny nurse.
meglodon
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Is that an eye
Is that an eye of the shark down at the bottom left hand side of the photo ? If so that (to me) is a hell of a size shark to have what appears to be a small dorsal fin. I have no idea what type of shark it is all I can say is you want to be thankful it got of at the side of the boat and you didn't have to work out how to let it go
axey45
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Looks like a tiger shark.
Looks like a tiger shark.
crasny1
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According to the greenies guide to sharks
It IS definitely a BULL shark!!!!
Im with Carnarvonite, purely because of the fin placement!!
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sideshow
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Lemon shark maybe?What area
Lemon shark maybe?
What area was it cought?
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dakka
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behind penguin island
behind penguin island sideshow
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crasny1
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Nope
Not lemon then. Tropical mostly. As mentioned checked the guide and tawny for me too as mentioned.
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axey45
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tiger, by width of head. i
tiger, by width of head. i recon.
ChrisG
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Bull shark for sure
Bull shark for sure