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The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned animal has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flat snout, and highly protrusible jaws containing ...
Mitsukurinidae is a family of sharks with one living genus, Mitsukurina, and four fossil genera: Anomotodon, Protoscapanorhynchus, Scapanorhynchus, and Woellsteinia, [1] though some taxonomists consider Scapanorhynchus to be a synonym of Mitsukurina. [2] [3] The only known living species is the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.
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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 .
When the jaws are retracted, the shark resembles a grey nurse shark with an unusually long nose. Goblin sharks include one living genus and three extinct genera. [18] The only known living species is Mitsukurina owstoni. Odontaspididae: Sand sharks: 2 3
The shark caught near Su’ao was the largest goblin shark ever caught in Taiwan, the museum said. The massive female shark weighed about 1,763 pounds and reached about 15.4 feet in length, Taiwan ...
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Megachasma pelagios L. R. Taylor, L. J. V. Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 (megamouth shark) Family Mitsukurinidae (goblin sharks) Genus Mitsukurina D. S. Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurina owstoni D. S. Jordan, 1898 (goblin shark) Family Odontaspididae (sand tiger sharks) Genus Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810. Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark)