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big mouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
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Megachasmidae

big mouth shark

Megachasma pelagios

Huge mouth filters clouds of plankton

  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Large

big mouth shark is a marine fish associated with ocean habitats. The available account notes this characteristic: Huge mouth filters clouds of plankton.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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