Marine Animal

My favorite marine animal from the first two weeks of fish ID is the Black-tipped Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). An adaptation of this shark is that the back of it is dark while the underside is light. This provides the shark with a form of camouflage that when viewed from the top, the shark blends in with the ocean floor, and when viewed from the bottom, they blend with the light from the sun. These sharks are commonly found in coastal waters near coral reefs and sometimes in shallow lagoons. They are almost threatened. I chose this organism because I find sharks really interesting and this is the only one that we have gone over so far.