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Description:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Atlantic sharpnose shark

Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Comments (6)

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

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PublishedMay 20, 2011

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