Endangered Species : Sharks : Whale Shark

>> ENDANGERED : Whale Shark(Rhincodon typus)

• The largest living fish species.
• Found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea.
• Believed to have originated about 60 million years ago.
• Despite its enormous size, does not pose any significant danger to humans.
• Targeted by artisinal and commercial fisheries in several areas where they seasonally aggregate.
• Targeted by harpoon fisheries because their meat and fins fetch a high price on the international market.

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Endangered Species : Sharks : Ganges Sharks

• >> Critically Endangered.
  
• A little-known species, lives in freshwater, inshore marine and estuarine systems.
• The Ganges shark is largely restricted to the rivers of Eastern and North-Eastern India.
• Appearance of a typical requiem shark. Stocky. Broadly rounded snout, with small eyes.
• The shark appears to pose a threat to humans , but this has not been proven. Though some consider the Ganges shark to be "extremely dangerous", it has so far been impossible to separate its attacks from those of Bull Sharks.

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