Other Known names for this shark is Blacktip whaler.
Lower teeth erect, more slender, finely serrated or smoothed-edge.
Ventral surface pale. A pale stripe extends along each flank from the pelvic fin to below the first dorsal fin. Black-tip sharks are born at 60 cm and attains 200 cm. Males and females mature at about 110 cm and about 115 cm respectively. Currently known only from the continental shelf of tropical Australia.