Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol 28, Jan Suppl. Issue, 2022; Page No.(429-431)

FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC INLAND RECORD OF THE BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS (MüLLER AND HENLE 1839) (CARCHARHINIFORMES: CARCHARHINIDAE) IN JAVA, INDONESIA

Frans Tony, Hadiratul Kudsiah, Rina Iskandar, Muhammad Ahsin Rifa’i and Achmad Syamsu Hidayat

Abstract

A single pecimen of a sub-adult Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839) with c.104 cm of total length was landed and photographed on 18 October 2014 in Ciwulan River, West Java Province, Java Island, Indonesia. This rare finding represents the first-ever known record of C. leucas in Javan freshwaters, and only the fifth freshwater record in Indonesia besides former records of C. leucas from the islands of West- Papua, Sumatra, Borneo, and Celebes.