Mitsukurina owstoni, Jordan, 1898

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 91

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E316-3F4A-762D-D911EABCF906
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scientific name	Mitsukurina owstoni
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Mitsukurina owstoni View in CoL Jordan, 1898

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 617 cm TL (Estimate on photo)

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 30-1300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: patchy yet widespread global distribution across the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from France (Bay of Biscay), Madeira, Portugal, and South Africa.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Lamniformes
Family	Mitsukurinidae
Genus	Mitsukurina

Mitsukurina owstoni, Jordan, 1898

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