Ganges shark
Scientific name: Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Overview
The Ganges shark is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River and the Brahmaputra River of India and Bangladesh. Additionally, genetic evidence has shown that both the Borneo river shark and Irrawaddy river shark should be regarded as synonyms of the Ganges shark, expanding the range of the species to Pakistan, Myanmar, Borneo, and Java. The species remains poorly known and is very rare throughout its range.
From the Wikipedia article “Ganges shark”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
Common names
Names in other languages (7)
- Bengali
- গাঙ্গেয় হাঙ্গর
- Chinese
- 大沙, 恆河白眼鮫, 恆河露齒鯊, 恆河鯊, 恒河露齒鯊(恒河鯊)
- French
- Requin du Gange
- German
- Gangeshai
- Japanese
- ガンジスメジロザメ
- Persian
- کوسه گنگی
- Russian
- Гангская акула
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q1471147, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Ganges shark”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Müller & Henle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Chris huh, Lupo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026