Family : Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Order : Carcharhiniformes  (ground sharks)
Class : Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Fishbase Name : Ganges shark
Fish Name : Glyphis gangeticus
Max size : 204 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. )
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience: Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Assuming FecDistribution : Indo-West Pacific: Hooghly River, Ganges system, West Bengal, India, and likely from the vicinity of Karachi, Pakistan. Reported from Taiwan. (Ref. 5193)
Diagnosis :
Biology : Biology poorly known. But its minute eyes suggest that it may be adapted to turbid water with poor visibility, as in large tropical rivers and muddy estuaries. Newborn specimens are from 56 to 61 cm long. Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Its notoriety may have stemmed from its widespread confusion with C. leucas. But this species is potentially dangerous as well because of its size and large teeth, though its reputation as a man-eater is still unproven
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : traumatogenic
Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V.
Main Ref : Compagno, L.J.V.. 1984. (Ref. 244)

India country information
Common Names : Ganges shark, Magar sora, मगर सोरा, വലിയ സ്രാവ്   , முண்ட சுரா, ಬುಗ್ಗ ಕರುವಾ ಬಾಲೆಯರ್ , முரடன் சுரா, முன்டன் சுரா , సొర్రా  , Balliar, Bugga-karuvai-baliar, Buggakarvai, Gangetic shark, Hangar, Hungar, Long-tailed shark, Mundah magur, Mundan sura, Murdan sorra, Sorra, Sorrah, Tamasi, Valiya sravu, Voliya sravu, Waghsheer
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses : no uses