Speartooth shark

Taxobox
name = Speartooth shark


status = CR
trend = unknown| status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Carcharhinidae
genus = "Glyphis"
species = "G. glyphis"
binomial = "Glyphis glyphis"
binomial_authority = (Müller & Henle, 1839)

The speartooth shark, "Glyphis glyphis", is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 5° N and 21° S. This little-known species has an uncertain occurrence in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia, known only from the original account of Müller & Henle (1839). The holotype has no capture locality listed for it. It is presumably found inshore, and may possibly reach 3 m.

It is viviparous but its biology is poorly known.

See also

* Threatened fauna of Australia

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered.
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