Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

Northern River Shark 



Size: 2.5m

Weight: No data

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: No data

Location: As the name suggest, this shark is found in a few northern estuaries,bays, and rivers in Australia 



Taxonomy:
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Glyphis
Species: Glyphis garricki

Diet: These sharks is said to eat fish and marine mammals. 

Anatomy: Northern River Sharks are special, as they live their young lives entirely in rivers. As they grow older, they will move to saltier waters. The young can handle fresh water due to the fact they do not need as much salt as other sharks. 

Behavior: As usually with most sharks, it spends its life hunting and swimming

Reproduction: Glyphis garricki is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young. The female gives birth in October. It is unknown how many young they have, but one female was found with nine fetus.

Relationship with other animals: Glyphis garricki is critically endangered thanks to human interactions with it. Saltwater crocodiles may also prey on they young. 



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Other sources:

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/42712/0

http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/p..._FINAL.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_shark