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Blacktip reef shark

Length

up to 1.6 m (adults are usually under 1.6 m; the largest recorded reached 1.8 m)

Lifespan in the wild

15 to 25 years (about 15 years estimated for wild sharks (thought to be an underestimate); captive sharks have lived more than 25 years)

Lives in

Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea and 31 more places