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Hawaiian Fishes 



Ganges Shark 



5-7 Eulamia gangeticus (Muller & Henle) 

 Very little is known about the shark because it is a rare species. It 



lives in both fresh and salt water and has been reported as common in 



the mouths of large rivers. 



This shark is known to inhabit the waters about India, the East Indies, 



and Japan. It has also been taken in Fiji and near Laysan Island in the 



Hawaiian Islands. 



Gray Shark 



Also known as the Requin or Southern Ground Shark 



5-8 Eulamia commersonii (Blainville) 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermonn 



This shark has a heavy body which is dark mouse gray in color above. 

 The lower surface of the body is paler in color and is irregularly blotched 

 with dusky markings. The head is blunt in front and the fins are tipped 

 with black. This shark will reach about ten feet in length and will weigh 

 as much as 400 pounds. Most individuals are smaller than this however. 



This shark is known to inhabit the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean 

 ?nd the Mediterranean Sea. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found from Hawaii 

 through the Line Islands, the Society Islands, and the Fiji Islands to the 

 Kermadec Islands. This shark is reported as the most common species in 

 our Leeward Islands. 



Munsing's Shark 



5-9 Eulamia munsing (Bleeker) 

 This shark is an East Indian species and is uncommon in Hawaiian 

 waters. It reaches a length of at least five feet. There is a cast in the 

 Bernice P. Bishop Museum of a specimen taken near Honolulu in 1904. 

 Further information on this species may be obtained by consulting Fowler's 

 Fishes of Oceania. 



