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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | [Ganges River, 60 hours above the sea at Hoogly, India]. Correct is: Lower Sundarbans south of Kulna and relatively near the sea, in what is now Bangladesh. |
| Synonym(s) | Carcharhinus gangeticus, Carcharias gangeticus, Carcharias murrayi, Eulamia gangetica, Galeolamna gangeticus, Platypodon gangeticus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 2040mm or 80.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: Hooghly River, Ganges system, West Bengal, India, and likely from the vicinity of Karachi, Pakistan. Reported from Taiwan. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen, pp 39, [Pl. 13]. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:28.143.1119.6008 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2014 Nov 05 08:31) |