Caribbean reef shark
carcharhinus perezii latin

Lots of caribbean reef sharks, huge blue parrot fish.

Other dive sites offer the chance to swim with large Caribbean reef sharks in less frenzied conditions.

The recipient of my feeding efforts would be the Caribbean reef shark, not at all endangered and very numerous in these parts.

Despite its abundance in certain areas, the Caribbean reef shark is one of the least-studied large requiem sharks.

Caribbean reef shark play a major role in shaping Caribbean reef communities.

Coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean are dominated by the Caribbean reef shark.

The Caribbean reef shark is up to 3 metres (10 ft) long, one of the largest apex predators in the reef ecosystem.

Since the hunts began, more grey Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezii) are noticeable on many dives.

When competing for bait, their speed allows them to snatch food from larger sharks such as the Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi).

Stuart Cove (www.stuartcove.com) offers diving with Caribbean reef sharks in the reefs and coral walls of Nassau.

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)

While Ms. Kass disports herself in expensive bathing suits, Caribbean Reef sharks approach the open door of the cage.

The Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii) is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.

A heavy-bodied shark with a "typical" streamlined shape, the Caribbean reef shark is difficult to distinguish from other large requiem shark species.

Caribbean reef sharks are sometimes seen resting motionless on the sea floor or inside caves; it is the first active shark species in which such a behavior was reported.

Caribbean reef sharks are capable of everting their stomachs, which likely serves to cleanse indigestible particles, parasites, and mucus from the stomach lining.

Horse-eye jacks (Caranx latus) and bar jacks (Carangoides ruber) routinely school around Caribbean reef sharks.

Juvenile Caribbean reef sharks are preyed upon by larger sharks such as the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and the bull shark (C. leucas).

Caribbean reef sharks are of some importance to fisheries as a source of meat, leather, liver oil, and fishmeal, but recently they have become more valuable as an ecotourist attraction.

Stingrays prefer to bury themselves under the sand, with only their bulbous eyes remaining above the ocean floor, keeping a watchful eye out for predators such as Caribbean reef sharks or hammerheads.

Normally shy or indifferent to the presence of divers, the Caribbean reef shark has been known to become aggressive in the presence of food and grows sufficiently large to be considered potentially dangerous.

The Caribbean reef shark feeds on a wide variety of reef-dwelling bony fishes and cephalopods, as well as some elasmobranchs such as eagle rays and yellow stingrays .

Harvath thought it a fitting end that Imad Ramadan should go the way of the al-Jazari device, though he doubted the device had been torn apart by Caribbean reef sharks.

In the Bahamas, pioneering operators such as Stuart and Michele Cove in Nassau have been hand-feeding and protecting the resident populations of Caribbean reef sharks from game fishermen.

If threatened, Caribbean reef sharks sometimes perform a threat display, in which they swim in a short, jerky fashion with frequent changes in direction and repeated, brief (1-1.2 second duration) drops of the pectoral fins.