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Sharks & rays

🦈Ganges shark

Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Le Requin du Gange (Glyphis gangeticus) est une espèce rare de requins d'eau douce vivant dans le Gange et dans l'estuaire du fleuve Hooghly. Le requin du Gange est l’un des seuls requins dotés d’osmorégulation (avec le Requin-bouledogue et à moindre mesure le Requin-taureau) et l’unique d’entre eux à vivre seulement en eau douce. Il est extrêmement menacé et est présent sur la liste rouge de l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN) et ce depuis l'année 1996. Il peut atteindre une longueur d'environ 2 m et se nourrit de petits poissons. Le Requin du Gange est un vrai requin de rivière, ce qui signifie qu'il vit exclusivement dans un environnement d'eau douce , contrairement à d'autres requins d'eau douce qui dépendent de l'eau salée, tels que le requin lancette et le requin de Bornéo.

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Also called
Glyphis gangeticus
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
2.04 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
2.04 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.21
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.21 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyCarcharhinidae
  6. ›genusGlyphis
  7. ›speciesGlyphis gangeticus
Full lineage
  1. superclassGnathostomata
  2. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  3. subclassElasmobranchii
  4. genusGlyphis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. genusGlyphis
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大沙 (zh), Gangeshai (de), гангска акула (bg), Requin du Gange (fr), Glyphis gangeticus (es), Glyphis gangeticus (ca) … and 16 more languages
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