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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Outside distributional range (Ref. 125614). Reported as ?Carcharinus gangeticus, recorded in Lake Naujan, Mindoro (Ref. 5517); as ?Carcharias gangeticus; records from Manila Bay, Cebu Agusan River & Saug River (Davao), Jolo Is & Sitankai (Sulu), Lake Naujan (Mindoro) (Ref. 280). Nominal records of Glyphis gangeticus from the Philippines cannot be confirmed; these may be based in whole or in part on Carcharhinus leucas. In the Western Pacific, three other Glyphis species are known and maybe wider-ranging (Ref. 47737). Also in Ref. 47930.
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Main Ref: Ebert, D.A., S. Fowler and M. Dando, 2021
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Common names from other countries

Requin du Ganges, Tiburón del Ganges, قِرش الكانج, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Glyphis: Tautonymous with Carcharias glyphis Müller & Henle 1839. (See ETYFish); gangeticus: -icus (Gr.) belonging to: Ganges River, India, where Müller and Henle mistakenly thought it occurred. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Müller & Henle.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; Água doce; estuarina demersal; anfídromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 30°N - 8°N, 65°E - 143°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: north Indian Ocean, Indus River outside Karachi, Pakistan to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Borneo.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 204 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 244)

Biology poorly known. But its minute eyes suggest that it may be adapted to turbid water with poor visibility, as in large tropical rivers and muddy estuaries. Newborn specimens are from 56 to 61 cm long. Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Its notoriety may have stemmed from its widespread confusion with C. leucas. But this species is potentially dangerous as well because of its size and large teeth, though its reputation as a man-eater is still unproven.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Colaboradores

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)