Despite increasing academic research citation on biology, abundance, and the behavior of
the blacktip reef sharks, the influence of reef fish population on the density of reef sharks:
Carcharhinus melanopterus and Triaenodon obesus population in its habitat were largely
unassessed. This present study examined the correlation between abundance of reef fishes
family/species with the population of reef sharks in Southern Waters of Morotai Island. The
existence of reef sharks was measured with the Audible Stationary Count (ASC) methods …