Any of several sharks of the family Carcharinidae, especially of the genus Carcharinus, which are often associated with reefs; frequently with distinguishing word, as blacktip, grey, whitetip reef shark.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Ecology.
Definition of reef shark in US English:
reef shark
noun
Any of several sharks of the family Carcharinidae, especially of the genus Carcharinus, which are often associated with reefs; frequently with distinguishing word, as blacktip, grey, whitetip reef shark.