Glyphis siamensis Steindachner, 1896
Irrawaddy river shark
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Carcharias siamensis Steindachner, 1896 (original combination); Prionodon siamensis Steindachner, 1896
This species is a synonym of G. gangeticus (Li et al., 2015).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last recorded before 1896.
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Irrawaddy River, Myanmar
Biology
Hypodigm
Known only from a single specimen (63cm TL) collected sometime during the 19th century, and housed in the Naturhistorishes Museum, Vienna.
Media
References
Original description:
Steindachner, Franz. (1896). Bericht über die während der Reise Sr. Maj. Schiff "Aurora" von Dr. C. Ritter v. Microszewski in den Jahren 1895 und 1896, gesammelten Fische. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien [b]11[/b]: 197-230.
Other references:
Barnett, L. A. K., Quaranta, K. L., Ebert, D. A., White, W. T. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2008). Glyphis siamensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 11 March 2011.
Compagno, L. J. V. (1988). Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Li, Chenhong et al. (2015). DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks. PNAS 112(43): 13302-13307.
Roberts, T. R. (2005). Debunking the mythology of the so-called ‘freshwater shark of the Ganges’, Glyphis gangeticus (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhinidae). In 7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Howard International Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, 16-20 May
2005 (ed. S. Kwang-Tsao), p. 30. Academica Sinica, Taipei: Ichythological Society of Taiwan.
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Glyphis-siamensis.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrawaddy_river_shark
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/15003/glyphis-siamensis-irrawaddy-river-shark