Megamouth shark
Order - Lamniformes
Family - Megachasmidae
Genus - Megachasma
Species - pelagios
Megamouth first captured in 1976
It have some different names
Megamouth shark (English), grootbekhaai (Dutch), requin grande gueule (French), and tiburón bocudo (Spanish)
It usually found in Japan, Taiwan, Philiphines
megamouth lives epipelagicly (in the upper part of the water column) in open ocean.
Distinctive Features
Body stout, tapering posteriorly. Head bulbous, wide and long; snout very short and broadly rounded. Gill slits moderate long but not reaching dorsal surface of head. Mouth broad, terminal, corner extending behind eyes. Caudal peduncle without keels or ridges.
Size
The sizes of all reported megamouth sharks are listed in a table. Maximum size is at least 550cm (17ft). Males mature by 400cm (13ft) and female by 500cm (16ft).
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