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Ommatokoita elongata is a 30 mm (1.2 in) long pinkish-white parasitic copepod, frequently found permanently attached to the corneas of the Greenland shark and Pacific sleeper shark. [3] [4] [5] The parasites cause severe visual impairment, but it is thought that the sharks do not rely on keen eyesight for their survival. [4]
Greenland shark at Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, with an Ommatokoita. The Greenland shark is a thickset species, with a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and small dorsal and pectoral fins. [11] The gill openings are very small for the species' great size. Female Greenland sharks are typically larger than males. [15]
The roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,500 m. [2] [3] It reaches a length of 121 cm. [2]
The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network Animal Planet.It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feature, such as strength, speed, behavior, anatomy, or diet, and examines and ranks ten animals that portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality.
Pacific sleeper shark carcasses. The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly reach lengths in excess of 7 m (23 ft). [2]
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Prickly dogfish, Oxynotus bruniensis Angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina. Oxynotus is a genus of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as the rough sharks.It is the only extant genus in the family Oxynotidae.
The remora (/ ˈ r ɛ m ə r ə /), sometimes called suckerfish or sharksucker, is any of a family (Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes. [4] Depending on species, they grow to 30–110 cm (12–43 in) long.