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Photo by ShannonFox
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Field Notes

Description:

Caught by a fisherman off the Surfside Pier near Myrtle Beach, SC.

Species ID Suggestions

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris
jose.crespo
1

Shark

Amelia'Katniss'Joubert
1

Atlantic sharpnose shark

Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
AndrewBowden
1

Comments (6)
K311
I agree with Andrew looks like a sharpnose, very good catch!
AndrewBowden
Its an Atlantic Sharpnose shark they are extremely common here and caught frequently on our fishing piers.
Dbtd
Baby black tip reef shark
Elsa
Beautiful, was he released??
ceherzog
sure looks like a baby shark to me.

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PublishedMay 20, 2011

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