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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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tonyc
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Sat, Sep 26 2009, 4:26am
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On the suject of almost unknown sharks there are also the freshwater species known as Glyphis sp nova A, B and C. A is known from two specimens, B hasn't been seen since the nineteenth century (although a few caught in Sabah recently may be this species)and there are 9 known specimens of C. There's also the Irrawady River Shark Glyphis siamensis which is only known from one specimen caught in the nineteenth century.
Mysterious creatures. |
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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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Andromache
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Sat, Sep 26 2009, 8:54pm
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Looks like a ratfish or a chimeara.Helped take DNA plugs from one of them a while back.Man,they bite really HARD. |
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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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Ozraptor4
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 12:31pm
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Glyphis sp.A ("Bizant River Shark") = turned out to be the Common Speartooth Shark Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Glyphis sp.B ("Borneo Speartooth Shark') = is still apparently an undescribed distinct species.
Glyphis sp.C = is now Glyphis garricki White & Last 2008
Compagno, L.J.V., White, W.T., and Last, P.R. (2008). Glyphis garricki sp. Nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a redescription of Glyphis glyphis (Muller & Henle, 1839). In: Descriptions on New Australia Chondrichthyans. Eds. P.R. Last, W.T. White and J.J. Pogonoski, CSIRO Research Paper No. 022. |
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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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tonyc
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Mon, Sep 28 2009, 3:39pm
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Heh, cheers for the update.
It's nice that G. sp. nova C now has a valid name. |
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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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tonyc
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Mon, Sep 28 2009, 5:22pm
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So the description of G. glyphis has been widened to include G. sp. nova A?
Generally I'm a lumper rather than a splitter anyway... |
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| Subject: | | Re: New Shark discovered. |
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EastTxSwamp
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Wed, Sep 30 2009, 9:27am
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Remind me this winter to not ask you for help with firewood. |
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