Melbourne Aquarium freshwater speartooth sharks on display

[Chlidonias]

Endangered sharks make world-first appearance - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
there's a photo of one of these freshwater sharks on the link. The binomen was Glyphis glyphis (described in 1839) but recent taxonomic changes have separated the northern Australian/New Guinea population into its own species, Glyphis garricki (decribed in 2008, just prior to which it was called Glyphis sp. A).

Three endangered speartooth sharks have made their home at the Melbourne Aquarium.
It is the only collection of the freshwater sharks in an aquarium anywhere in the world.
They have been joined by a trio of freshwater sawfish.
The Aquarium's curator, Nick Kirby, says both species are extremely scarce in the wild.
"The animals are found in remote areas, it's really warm, your water temperatures are 30 degrees [Celsius], maybe even higher, so they really are an unusual place to find animals and most people are not aware that they are seen," he said.

 

[CGSwans]

They've been there awhile. One has been there at least 3 months.

Melbourne Aquarium's shark collection has improved greatly in the past three or four months. There are now the speartooths and freshwater sawfish, as mentioned in the article, in the 'aeroplane' tank on the top floor. There are white-tipped reef sharks in the coral atoll tank and sandbar whalers have been introduced to the oceanarium.

 

[EvilKittie]

i know this is a cool looking shark!

 

[phoenix]

"The animals are found in remote areas, it's really warm, your water temperatures are 30 degrees [Celsius], maybe even higher, so they really are an unusual place to find animals and most people are not aware that they are seen"

what a wonderfully nonsensical statement.

 

[Hix]

Blame the journo, not the curator.



Hix