Shark Fin ID (1 Viewer)

ragebot

Active member

• Jun 29, 2010

• #1

This pix was captured in shallow water on the NW Gulf Coast of Florida at the St. Marks National Wildlife Reserve. The guy casting the net to catch mullet ignored the small shark behind him.

http://www.pbase.com/tommy2guns/image/126051915.jpg

Here is a crop of just the fin

http://www.pbase.com/tommy2guns/image/126051916.jpg

 

Isurus

Well-known member

• Jun 29, 2010

• #2

man that's tough. It doesn't look quite right for any of the species I would expect (bonnethead, nurse, lemon, sharpnose, blacktip, spinner) but I think that's because the whole fin isn't visible distorting the overall shape. If I had to guess I'd lean towards a little spinner maybe but it would be a guess.

 

birdboybowley

Well-known member.....apparently so ;)

• Jul 1, 2010

• #3

Is it definitely a shark?

 

Isurus

Well-known member

• Jul 1, 2010

• #4

If it were a non-cartillaginous fish I would expect to see the rays in the fins on these shots; it's not a ray and if it were a smalltooth sawfish we should see two dorsals not one so that leaves us with a shark sp.