Species List - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water ...
Species List - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water ...
Species List - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water ...
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Common Name<br />
<strong>Species</strong> list for Northern Territory NT<br />
EPBC<br />
Status<br />
Proportion <strong>of</strong><br />
sampled range<br />
in the region (%)<br />
Most<br />
recent<br />
record<br />
Chondrichthyes<br />
Carcharhinidae Requiem sharks (5 out <strong>of</strong> 7 species in Australia)<br />
Carcharhinus leucas Bull Shark 67 2002<br />
Carcharhinus limbatus Blacktip shark, Blacktip Whaler, Common 40 1984<br />
Carcharhinus melanopterus Blacktip reef shark 60 1984<br />
Glyphis garricki Northern River Shark Endangered 100 2001<br />
Glyphis glyphis Speartooth Shark Critically<br />
endangered<br />
91 2002<br />
Dasyatidae Stingrays (5 out <strong>of</strong> 5 species in Australia)<br />
Dasyatis fluviorum Estuary stingray 33 2004<br />
Himantura dalyensis Northern Freshwater Whipray 33 1999<br />
Himantura granulata Mangrove Whipray 100 1982<br />
Himantura uarnak Reticulate Whipray 83 1999<br />
Pastinachus sephen Cowtail Stingray 33 1991<br />
Pristidae Sawfishes (4 out <strong>of</strong> 5 species in Australia)<br />
Anoxypristis cuspidata Narrow sawfish 100 1997<br />
Pristis clavata Dwarf sawfish 50 2001<br />
Pristis microdon Freshwater sawfish Vulnerable 32 2002<br />
Pristis zijsron Longcomb sawfish Vulnerable 100 2002<br />
<strong>Species</strong> are shown only if they belong to the<br />
families covered in ANHAT as shown in<br />
Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records <strong>of</strong> the<br />
species from this region.<br />
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21-Jan-11