Black Tip Reef Shark

We have beautiful Blacktip Reef Sharks at SEA LIFE Birmingham. Black Tips are among the most popular Sharks inhabiting the tropical coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, because Black Tip Reef Sharks prefer shallow, inshore waters. They are typical in appearance of how humans imagine a shark to look, and can be seen at our big ocean tank!

Fun facts!

Watch our Sharks in their spacious open top tank
Spot the Black Tip Reef Sharks prominent black tip on its fins
Get up close to these timid and skittish creatures
Black Tip Reef Sharks live in the same home for a few years at a time
Find out why Sharks are not dangerous to humans

The Blacktip Reef Shark’s diet is composed primarily of small teleost fishes, including mullet, groupers, grunters, jacks, mojarras, wrasses, surgeonfish, and smelt-whitings.
Blacktip Reef Sharks have an average lifespan of 12 years.
The main threat to the Blacktip Reef Shark is human disturbance and intervention.

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