Photos of Whaler, or Requiem Sharks, Family Carcharhinidae. Read more about these families at Ground Sharks, Order Carcharhiniformes.

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• Carcharhinus albimarginatus). Photo: Rob Stewart
  
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• Carcharhinus albimarginatus). Photo: Mary O'Malley
  
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• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Grey Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Grey Reef Shark Grey Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Grey Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Grey Reef Shark Grey Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Grey Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Grey Reef Shark Grey Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Grey Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Grey Reef Shark Grey Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). Grey Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
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• Carcharhinus brachyurus) or possibly a blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), patrols baitball of sardines, Sardinops sagax, Transkei, South Africa (Indian Ocean). Bronze whalers and blacktop sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
  " target="_blank"> Bronze whaler Bronze whaler
• Carcharhinus brachyurus), and blacktip sharks, C . limbatus, swarm outside of a baitball of sardines, waiting for their chance to feed, Transkei, South Africa, (Indian Ocean). Bronze whalers and blacktip sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Carcharhinus falciformis). at Silverado, Cocos. Silky sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jamie Pollack
  
  " target="_blank"> Silky Shark Silky Shark
• Carcharhinus falciformis). Silky sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Rob Stewart
  
  " target="_blank"> Silky Shark Silky Shark
• Carcharhinus falciformis), Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Silky sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Carcharhinus galapagensis), North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. Galapagos sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Carcharhinus leucas). Bull sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Bull Shark Bull Shark
• Carcharhinus leucas). Bull sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
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• Carcharhinus leucas). Bull sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Danielle Heinrichs
  
  " target="_blank"> Bull Shark Bull Shark
• Carcharhinus limbatus). Blacktip sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Matt Potenski
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip shark Blacktip shark
• Carcharhinus longimanus), Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. Oceanic whitetip sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Carcharhinus longimanus), Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. Oceanic whitetip sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
  " target="_blank"> Oceanic whitetip shark Oceanic whitetip shark
• Carcharhinus melanopterus). Blacktip Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus melanopterus). Blacktip Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus melanopterus). Blacktip Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus melanopterus). Blacktip Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus melanopterus), Moorea, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. Blacktip Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
  " target="_blank"> Blacktip Reef Shark Blacktip Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus perezi), Bahamas. Caribbean Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Caribbean Reef Shark Caribbean Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus perezi), Bahamas. Caribbean Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Caribbean Reef Shark Caribbean Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus perezi), Bahamas. Caribbean Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Caribbean Reef Shark Caribbean Reef Shark
• Carcharhinus perezi). Caribbean Reef Sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Matt Potenski
  
  " target="_blank"> Caribbean Reef Shark Caribbean Reef Shark
• Galeocerdo cuvier) in the waters off Grand Bahama. Tiger sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: David Ulloa
  
  " target="_blank"> Tiger Shark Tiger Shark
• Galeocerdo cuvier) with the Shark Angels. Tiger sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jim Abernethy
  
  " target="_blank"> Tiger shark Tiger shark
• Galeocerdo cuvier). Tiger sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Roger Horrocks
  
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• Galeocerdo cuvier) in the waters off Grand Bahama. Tiger sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Wolfgang Leander
  
  " target="_blank"> Tiger Shark Tiger Shark
• Negaprion brevirostris), with umbilicus, placenta, and chorionic membrane still attached ; sharksuckers, (Naucrates ductor), cling to mother, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Lemon sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Negaprion brevirostris) and tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), with Julie Andersen. Lemon and tiger sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jim Abernethy
  
  " target="_blank"> Lemon shark Lemon shark
• Negaprion brevirostris). Lemon sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Matt Potenski
  
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• Prionace glauca), Channel Islands, California, Pacific Ocean. Blue sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Prionace glauca), California Channel Islands, East Pacific Ocean. Blue sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
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• Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) or porosus), with research tag, Bimini, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic sharpnose sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Doug Perrine, SeaPics.com.
  
  " target="_blank"> Atlantic sharpnose shark Atlantic sharpnose shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Cocos. Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jason Buchheim
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo: Mary O'Malley
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Rob Stewart
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Guy Stevens
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Cocos. Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jamie Pollack
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
• Triaenodon obesus). Whitetip reef sharks are on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Photo by: Jamie Pollack
  
  " target="_blank"> Whitetip Reef Shark Whitetip Reef Shark
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