my rant on fw sharks

[Near]

What do Apollo sharks look like? I can`t seem to find them on the internet.

 

[X24]

yes from what i can understand there are no real pure freshwater sharks, there are sharks that CAN move to freshwater....there might even be brackish sharks, but no freshwater.

 

[CORVETTE]

Bull sharks ar reported to be in lake nicaragua and its tributaries and they live there year round.

 

[ercnan]

I'm guessing it's more of a selling ploy for uninformed aquarists than a biologist thinking that's a great name..

I agree. I don't think as many folks would buy a bala carp, irridescent catfish, rainbow minnow, etc.

 

[midnight]

What do Apollo sharks look like? I can`t seem to find them on the internet.

dont have google?
http://images.google.com/images?hl=...n-us&resnum=0&q=apollo+shark&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
looks like a me ner

yes from what i can understand there are no real pure freshwater sharks, there are sharks that CAN move to freshwater....there might even be brackish sharks, but no freshwater.

dang theres fw and sw sting rays but no fw shark.
and sw cudas and fw cudas
kinda odd

Bull sharks ar reported to be in lake nicaragua and its tributaries and they live there year round

reported and its still a sw shark.
theres a few that go upstream into fresh ive heard.

I agree. I don't think as many folks would buy a bala carp, irridescent catfish, rainbow minnow, etc.

see now thats more realistic

 

[davo]

I may be well off, because i was doing research with this a long time ago... but i think there might be a shark that is from aus that is fw, but is endangered and can't keep. Then again, might just be me BS again LOL. Red-tailed sharks are my fav. Real sharks them lol! But there is obviously sharks that end up in fw, most notoriously, the bull shark.

I think the whale cat looks damn like a whale to me. Its amazing.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

"While bull sharks are commonly found along coastlines, bays, and harbors, they also frequent a most uncommon shark habitat—freshwater rivers.
The species has been spotted 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) up the Amazon River in South America and dwell in Lake Nicaragua, a freshwater lake in Central America. Bull sharks have traveled up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois and are regularly spotted in India's Ganges."

--National Geographic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_bullsharks_2.html



They get pretty far in freshwater.

 

[12 Volt Man]

my big yellow finned barbs are going by the trade name "Diamond Sharks" in some areas.

go figure..

 

[Bsixxx]

dang theres fw and sw sting rays but no fw shark.
and sw cudas and fw cudas
kinda odd

yeah what the hell

i want a freshwater great white

 

[Lupin]

are there any real fw sharks?
and not one that can live in fresh
a true fw one

Cute!