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Mitsukurinidae
goblin shark
Mitsukurina owstoni
Translucent pink skin and an extending snout
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Large
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Largegoblin shark is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Mackerel Sharks
- Family
- Mitsukurinidae
- Genus
- Mitsukurina
- Maximum length
- 617 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Guyana (Ref. 6871 ), Suriname (Ref. 13608 , 11228 ) and French Guiana. Eastern Atlantic: France (Bay of Biscay), Madeira, Portugal, and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: off South Africa. Western Pacific: Japan, Australia (South Australia, New South Wales), New Zealand (Ref. 26346 ). Eastern Pacific: USA (southern California) (Ref. 43278 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
