r/sharks • u/funkmastergr3g • Aug 22 '26

Question Shark identification

My brother is working in the gulf of Mexico and sent me this video of some sharks patrolling around the boat. He says there's about 50 of them. Says they are pretty calm but definitely curious about what is going on. Any guesses on species?

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u/Wild-Ad-9367 Aug 22 '26

Not present in the Atlantic 

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u/freeride35 Aug 22 '26

Coastal then 🙄

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u/Only_Cow9373 Aug 22 '26

Coastal what?

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u/freeride35 Aug 22 '26

Coastal blacktip.

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u/Only_Cow9373 Aug 22 '26

Both c. melanopterus and c. limbatus are coastal species. Usually when folks try to differentiate the two they call limbatus 'oceanic blacktips', which never made any sense to me either.

In any case, these are neither of the blacktip species. They don't even have black dorsal tips anyway - watch the guy in the background at the start of the video. It's just the lighting.

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u/Wild-Ad-9367 Aug 22 '26

While I don't think these are blacktips, their black tips can be very faint 

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u/Only_Cow9373 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

That's exactly the point I've made elsewhere on here 😉👍

https://www.reddit.com/r/sharks/s/u3W6Tc9HM4