Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) .

Whitetip Reef Shark. Reliably to 1.68 m (5.5 ft) (Weigmann 2016); possibly to 2.13 m (7 ft) TL (Appukutan et al. 1988). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Ogasawara Islands (Yoshino and Aonuma in Nakabo 2002); at least as far north as Todos Santos (23°24.6’N, 110°13.8’W), southern Baja California (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.); Islas Revillagigedo, southern Baja California (Donna Schroeder, pers. comm. to M.L.) to Ecuador (Béarez 1996), including Islas Galápagos (Compagno 1984), and westwards to Kermadec Islands (Bornatowski et al. 2018); three individuals observed at a site off southeast Brazil (Bornatowski et al. 2018). Depth: surface to 330 m (1,082 ft) (Simpendorfer et al. 2020).