Maryland Biodiversity Project - Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas (J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Carcharhinidae > Genus Carcharhinus Bull Shark - Carcharhinus leucas - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/5103

Rarely but regularly detected in the Bay and Maryland's major rivers in late summer and fall, when salinity levels are high.

There are 5 records in the project database.

An 8-foot Bull Shark caught by Murphy Brown in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/2015). See article from Washington Post. Photo by Murphy Brown. (MBP list)

An 8-foot Bull Shark caught by Murphy Brown in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/2015). Photo by Murphy Brown. (MBP list)

Bull Shark in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jonasmwilliams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by jonasmwilliams via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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