Lumps on top of head on white tip.

[stopsharkfinning]

White tip has large lumps on top of head, size is about 10 mm
Hard to tell from photo. Any ideas on what this could be?
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/picture007xt.jpg/

 

[oscar fish lover2000]

well, i've never kept sharks before, but i know a fair bit about them, i have lots of books about sharks. those look like tumors to me. I'm not sure that they're tumors but they look like it.
to remove them it is quite complicated surgery. if left on then they are not deadly or painful. the only affect that they have on most fish is that it makes them have a shorter lifespan, again, i'm not sure
if sharks are immune or affected more but that's what i think.

 

[Zoodiver]

Are they firm or soft?
That will determine how I answer.

 

[stopsharkfinning]

i will need to catch him and get back to you, these lumps have appeared over the last three weeks , he has lost his appetite but still eating small amounts of food, his glide pattern appears normal so does his behaviour

 

[stopsharkfinning]

lumps are soft, like they have fluid in them. They appear to be getting larger

 

[stopsharkfinning]

one of the lumps have burst releasing fluid, looks like some sort of infection,any help would be great

 

[stopsharkfinning]

judging by the lack of responce i gather no body is interested in the outcome of my white-tip with lumps on her head, as it it turns out they are tumors and and the female has cancer. This was confirmed by a veternarian/fish specialist.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

sorry to hear about this, is there anything they can do?