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While the majority of sharks are solely marine, a small number of shark species have adapted to live in freshwater. The river sharks (of the genus Glyphis) live in freshwater and coastal marine environments. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world.
Epalzeorhynchos is a small ray-finned fish genus of the family Cyprinidae.Its members are – like some other cyprinids – known as "freshwater sharks" or simply "sharks".". They are, however, freshwater members of the Osteichthyes lineage which is distinct from the Chondrichthyes lineage of sh
The Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra River of India and Bangladesh. It is often confused with the more common bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas ), which also inhabits the Ganges River and is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the ...
Basking shark This 6-tonne behemoth is only outsized by one other fish, the whale shark. In the UK they are mostly found off the western coastline, where they arrive in summer months.
The red-tailed black shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor; syn. Labeo bicolor), also known as the redtail shark, red tailed shark, and redtail sharkminnow, is a species of tropical freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is named after its shark-like appearance and movement, as well as its distinctive red tail. [2]
As you can imagine, most shark-in-freshwater hoaxes postdate 'Jaws' " — the 1974 Peter Benchley fiction novel of a Great White shark terrorizing the residents of Amity Island, New York, that ...
A 10-foot great white shark from Canada’s coastline has resurfaced west of the Mississippi River and curious scientists aren’t exactly sure of its intentions.
It has been argued that only nine species of freshwater fish are truly native to Ireland — five char species, pollan, eel, brown trout and Atlantic salmon — as Ireland's fresh water was entirely frozen during the last glacial period, only diadromous fish could repopulate Irish waters after the Ice Age. All other freshwater species were ...