Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan , 1898
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5818575 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE87D6-FF9C-FFB8-98EA-FC78F84A3430 |
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Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan , 1898 |
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Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 View in CoL .
Goblin Shark. Maximum measured size is 4.10 m (13.45 ft) TL ( Kukuev 1982); however, a photo of a specimen from the Gulf of Mexico was estimated at 5.40–6.17 m (17.12–20.24 ft) ( Parsons et al. 2002). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Honshu, Japan (Aonuma and Yoshino in Nakabo 2002); San Clemente Island, southern California ( Ugoretz and Seigel 1999). Depth: surface to 1,300 m (4,264 ft) ( Ebert et al. 2013).
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