JARJOR - جرجور - WHITECHEEK SHARK

Country of Origin: Qatar

Environment / Climate / Range	Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred
Distribution	Asia: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry in India.
Size / Weight / Age	It attains a Maximum length : 25.0 cm
Short description	This is a massive shark with a short, broad and blunt snout, small eyes and triangular saw-edged upper teeth. It has no interdorsal ridge. Bull Sharks are grey in color dorsally and laterally, becoming white ventrally. Fins of young are often tipped or edged with blackish; these markings fade in adults.
Biology	Found in ditches; prefers lower reaches of streams, rivers and canal with muddy bottom; commonly found in ponds, swamps and paddy fields. Predatory, feeds on small fishes and insects