Lost species of Ganges river shark thought to be extinct is seen for the first time in a decade…in a Mumbai FISH MARKET

One of the world's rarest species of shark has turned up in a fish market in Mumbai - after not being seen since 2006.  

A university student browsing the market saw the critically endangered Ganges river shark and took pictures of the cadaver before it was gutted, chopped up and sold to the highest bidder.

Classified as critically endangered and believed to be extinct, this animal could even be the last of this elusive species.

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