Triaenodon obesus
Identification.
Slender, grey-brown above, pale below, with distinctive white fin tips.
Galápagos context.
Protected and considered stable within the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Males bite females during courtship, leaving visible neck and head marks that are courtship behavior rather than injury.
Encounter context.
Often found resting in caves and under ledges by day, sometimes stacked with other individuals - a good first-shark-encounter species for nervous divers since it rarely moves when approached calmly.
Seasonality.
Present year-round.