Freshwater shark

 ( Cyprinidae ) 

Freshwater sharks are that live in freshwater environments. While the majority of sharks are solely marine, a small number of shark species have adapted to live in freshwater.

The (of the genus Glyphis) live in freshwater and coastal marine environments. The bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas), can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world.

Some prehistoric sharks (in a broad sense), including hybodonts and Xenacanthida, are also thought to have inhabited freshwater environments.

A small number of freshwater fish and shark catfish (which are bony fish and thus quite unrelated to sharks) are also commonly called "freshwater sharks", " sharkminnows" or simply "sharks", particularly in the aquarium fish trade:

• Balantiocheilos melanopterus – Bala shark, tricolor shark, silver shark
• Epalzeorhynchos – typical freshwater "sharks"
• Labeo –
• Puntius denisonii – Roseline shark
• Iridescent Shark – Iridescent Shark
• Giant pangasius – sometimes called Paroon Shark or Hi-Fin Shark in the aquarium trade

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