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Family Carcharhinidae

HAWAII

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Sea Life Park, Hawaii

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu

BLACKTIP REEF SHARK        MANO PAELE

Locally common on shallow reefs.  A shy species rarely seen by divers.  All fins tipped with black.  Attains 6 feet.  Hawai‘i and the Indo-Pacific.