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The goblin shark filmed in 2008 was caught at a depth of 150–350m (492–1,148 ft). [30] On 19 April 2014, fishermen in Key West, Florida, while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, caught a goblin shark in their fishing net, only the second one ever to be caught in the Gulf. [31] The shark was photographed and released back into the water. [31]
They are found in the open ocean from near the surface, down to depths of at least 4265 feet (1300 m). Scientists believe that Goblin Sharks are solitary, just like many other shark species. They also think that the fish are most active in the morning and evening. The Goblin Shark primarily feeds on teleost fishes such as rattails and dragonfish.
Goblin shark is the world's strangest shark. Nicknamed the "alien of the deep," its mouth is full of thin, prickly and jagged teeth. Meet the world's strangest shark
Scapanorhynchus texanus, Menuha Formation (Upper Cretaceous), southern Israel. Near-complete fossil of S. lewisii, under special lighting. Scapanorhynchus (from Greek: σκάφιου scaphion, 'shovel' and Greek: ῥύγχος rhynchos 'snout') [3] is an extinct genus of goblin shark that lived during the Cretaceous period, from the Aptian to the end of the Maastrichtian.
The goblin shark was pregnant with six babies, or pups, the museum said in a June 15 Facebook post. The pups were between about 3.9 and 4.2 feet long and each weighed about 8 pounds.
Mitsukurina is a genus of mackerel shark in the family Mitsukurinidae. It contains one extant species, the goblin shark ( M. owstoni ) and more extinct species. The genus was described by American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan in 1898 and named in honour of Kakichi Mitsukuri .
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The goblin shark is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old (early Cretaceous). Mammals. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) [42] Nesolagus (Asian striped rabbits) Chevrotain (Tragulidae) [43] Chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis) Elephant shrew (Macroscelidea ...