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Scientific Name: Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
English Name: Bull shark
Local/Bangla Name: Kalo lota hangor (কালো লতা হাঙ্গর), Boli hangor (বলি হাঙ্গর)
Photo: Uddin et al. (2022)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Carcharhinidae
Description:
Snout is broad, short and blunt. First dorsal fin is high and triangular. Its origin over inner margins of pectoral fins. Second dorsal fin with concave upper margin and short rear tips, its origin anterior to anal fin origin. Pectoral fins large and angular with straight edges. No interdorsal ridge is present. Juveniles with dusky fin tips, less prominent in adults. Color: Back greyish, belly white; fin tips dusky, especially in young but not strikingly marked; an inconspicuous white band on flank.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coastal, estuarine, riverine and lacustrine
waters, usually found close inshore in marine
habitats from 1 m to 152 m. Bay of Bengal.
Environment:
Marine, Brackish, freshwater
Other References:
Hossain MS, Chowdhury SR, Sharifuzzaman SM , Islam MM, Hasan J, Haque MA , Ali MZ, Hoq ME, Mahmud Y (2020) Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chattogram, 512pp.
Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp
Haque AB, Hasan SJ, Hossain N, Khan S, Rahman S, Karim E (2023) Elasmobranch Fishery in Bangladesh (ed. Yahia Mahmud), Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, 144 p.
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