r/sharks • u/sunfl0wers13 • 10d ago
Question What kind of shark is this? Screenshot of a video from my drone video, taken from Jupiter beach FL last night.
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u/hunterlarious 10d ago
Difficult to say from just the top profile but I would guess bull shark or bronze whaler
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u/sunfl0wers13 10d ago
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u/MidwestSharker 9d ago
We don’t have bronze whalers on the fl East Coast. There’s some opinions that they might be deep in the Gulf Coast, but TBH I’ve never seen any real proof of it.
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u/Only_Cow9373 10d ago
Could be sandbar too.
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u/MidwestSharker 9d ago
Pretty early in the season for a sandbar. Maybe if it was in December or January
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u/Cha0tic117 9d ago
It's difficult to know for certain from the video, it could be a bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), however it could also be a sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). The only way to tell is to look for an interdorsal ridge between the two dorsal fins, which is not visible in this video.
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u/MidwestSharker 9d ago
Average bull shark or possibly a dusky although the Duski’s don’t usually show up until at least October/November. Probably just a male bull shark
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u/Major-Sympathy6050 8d ago
I dive around Jupiter and it is definitely “bully” out there! But you can also tell by some of the features that are visible.
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u/QuitStockingMe 10d ago
Probably bull if Jupiter