Comments on: WTF?: Blacktip shark pulled from Lake Michigan http://conservationreport.com/2008/09/02/wtf-blacktip-shark-pulled-from-lake-michigan/ Tracking news regarding conservation, the environment, energy, politics, and technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Buck Denton http://conservationreport.com/2008/09/02/wtf-blacktip-shark-pulled-from-lake-michigan/#comment-1110 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:43:16 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=1795#comment-1110 The press reported that George Burgess, director of the Florida Program For Shark Research at the University of Florida, identified the shark as appearing to be a “juvenile blacktip shark.” The images aren’t the best for fish identification, and juvenile markings can change over time. Furthermore, common names can be just as confusing, since they are interchangeable. I will change Carcharhinus limbatus to Carcharhinus sp. Thanks!

Source: http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_243093811.html

]]> By: cheesesoda http://conservationreport.com/2008/09/02/wtf-blacktip-shark-pulled-from-lake-michigan/#comment-1109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:25:13 +0000 http://conservationreport.wordpress.com/?p=1795#comment-1109 Are you sure you mean Carcharhinus limbatus and not Carcharhinus melanopterus, a blacktip REEF shark?

Neither are freshwater fish, but I think chances are it’s a blacktip reef shark because of its size.

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