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Lake Managua (Spanish: Lago de Managua, ), also known as Lake Xolotlán (Lago Xolotlán), is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua.At 1,042 km², it is approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) long and 25 kilometres (16 mi) wide.
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers.
Initially, scientists thought the sharks in the lake were an endemic species, the Lake Nicaragua shark (Carcharhinus nicaraguensis). In 1961, following comparisons of specimens , it was synonymized with the widespread bull shark ( C. leucas ), [ 7 ] a species also known for entering freshwater elsewhere around the world. [ 8 ]
A bull shark, which can survive in fresh water. The bull shark is a species of shark that can survive for an extended period of time in fresh water. It can be found in Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan River, where it is often referred to as the "Nicaragua shark". [5]
Lake Nicaragua is the largest freshwater lake in Central America (20th largest in the world), [160] and is home to some of the world's rare freshwater sharks (Nicaraguan shark). [161] The Pacific lowlands region is the most populous, with over half of the nation's population.
Managua is located on the southern shores of Lake Managua, also known as Lake Xolotlán. Lake Managua contains the same fish species as larger Lake Cocibolca in southeastern Nicaragua, except for the freshwater sharks found exclusively in the latter. Once a Managuan scenic highlight, the lake has been polluted from the dumping of chemical and ...
Bait 3D. Bait, a 2012 Australian-Singaporean film, perhaps sets up the most unique of premises in a movie involving people-hungry sharks.The movie follows a bunch of grocery store workers who are ...
The lake surrounding Ometepe harbors many species of aquatic animals, notably the Nicaragua shark which until recently was thought to be a unique species of freshwater shark but has since been shown to be continuous with ocean populations. [14] Small populations of spider monkeys (Ateles s.) inhabit very small islands within Lake Nicaragua.