HomeFish encyclopediaSharks and RaysGround sharksRequiem sharksBorneo river shark Borneo river shark (Glyphis fowlerae) Scientific name: Glyphis fowlerae Compagno, White & Cavanagh, 2010 The Borneo river shark (Glyphis fowlerae) is a freshwater fish of the family Carcharhinidae. Native range: Asia, Malaysia, Sabah. BiologyThis species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: snout short, broadly rounded in dorsoventral view; minimum distance from mouth to nostril 1.1-1.6 times nostril width; lips usually concealing teeth when closed mouth; lower teeth with erect, narrow, moderately hooked to straight cusps, with notched mesial and distal edges, and low mesial and distal shoulders or blades (except in posterior teeth); anteroposterior tooth row counts 13-15/13-15; total tooth row counts 28-31/29-32 or 60-63; interdorsal space 17.0-19.5% TL; anterior margin of pectoral fin slightly convex, pectoral length 11.6-13.4% TL; length of pelvic-fin anterior margin 6.3-7.7% TL, 36-40% of length of pectoral-fin anterior margin; pelvic-fin height 4.6-6.3% TL; first dorsal fin not falcate, with concave posterior margin, free rear tip just anterior to pelvic-fin origins, its length 16.9-19.1% TL; second dorsal-fin length 10.5-12.3% TL, anterior margin length 7.5-9.7% TL, its base length 7.4-9.3% TLSource: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. Species factsScientific nameGlyphis fowleraeFamilyCarcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)OrderCarcharhiniformes (Ground sharks)ClassElasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)Maximum length77.8EnvironmentFreshwater; pelagicClimateTropicalDistributionAsia: Malaysia, Sabah.Conservation status (IUCN)Not EvaluatedThreat to humansHarmless SourcesTaxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.Last updated 27 September 2026