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Glyphis glyphis (Müller and Henle, 1839)

Speartooth shark

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

northern Australia & New Guinea

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

L. J. Compagno, W. T. White, P. R. Last, Glyphis garricki sp. nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a redescription of Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839), in Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, 2008), pp. 203–225.

C. Li, S. Corrigan, L. Yang, N. Straube, M. Harris, M. Hofreiter, W. T. White, G. J. Naylor,DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.112,13302–13307 (2015).

Patterson, Toby A. et al. (2022). Rapid assessment of adult abundance and demographic connectivity from juvenile kin pairs in a critically endangered species. Science Advances 8(51): eadd167. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add1679

W. T. White, S. A. Appleyard, B. Sabub, P. M. Kyne, M. Harris, R. Lis, L. Baje, T. Usu, J. J. Smart, S. Corrigan,Rediscovery of the threatened river sharks, Glyphis garricki and G. glyphis, in Papua New Guinea. PLOS ONE10,e0140075 (2015).

 

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