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Environment
Keira Jenkins

Controversial water plan sparks fears for rare shark

PhD candidate Julia Constance has been researching speartooth shark movements in the Roper River. (HANDOUT/CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY)

A rare shark has been discovered in the Northern Territory but a controversial water allocation plan has sparked fears it may be "lost forever".

The speartooth shark is considered critically endangered; however, dozens have been found in the muddy waters of the Roper River. 

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