River shark
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River shark | |
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Speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis) at the Melbourne Aquarium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Carcharhinidae |
Genus: | Glyphis Agassiz, 1843 |
Type species | |
Carcharias (Prionodon) glyphis Müller & Henle, 1839 |
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Glyphis is a genus in the family Carcharhinidae, commonly known as the river sharks. They live in rivers or coastal regions in and around south-east Asia, Africa and parts of Australia.