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Add proper citation for Mississippi River occurrence.[edit]

The correct citation should be this one:

Thomerson, J. E., Thorson, T. B., and Hempel, R. L. (1977). The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, from the Upper Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. Copeia, 1977(1), 166-168. https://doi.org/10.2307/1443522

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:501:C510:ADE5:B48F:D062:5CA4 (talk) 20:58, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You may also wish to look at: Hrabik, R. (2021). 1995 Report of a shark in a power plant return flow channel at Rush Island, Mississippi River, Missouri, determined to be a hoax. American Currents, 46(3), 3. https://archive.org/details/ac-46.3.draft-1-for-editors

Shell R, Gardner N. 2021. Movement of the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) in the upper Mississippi River Basin, North America. Mar Fish Sci. 34 (2): 263-267. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3422021010607

Shell, R., Gardner, N. and Hrabik, R. A. (2022) “Updates on putative bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) occurrences in the upper Mississippi River Basin of North America”, Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 36(1), pp. 91–100. doi: 10.47193/mafis.3612023010101. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:501:C510:ADE5:B48F:D062:5CA4 (talk) 21:03, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ad-ons to Revisions and Additions[edit]

I added a new section titled evolutionary disconnect to indicate that the story of bull shark history is still something relatively new. I also added more information under the freshwater tolerance section because there were details missing about euharyline fish species. User: Robbins.260 15:03, 17 November 2014

Réunion Island[edit]

This shark is/was a major problem for Réunion, so I’m incredibly surprised that this map doesn’t mark the island as being within its range? 81.101.176.9 (talk) 04:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]