Description
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Reference |
IB0083 |
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Category |
Sharks and Rays |
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Family Name |
Megamouth Shark - MEGACHASMIDAE |
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Common Name |
Megamouth Shark,Swimming |
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Scientific Name |
Megachasma pelagios |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
This Shark is slow-swimming and inhabits mid to deep water. It makes nightly migrations towards the surface, filter feeding on planktonic animals such as small fishes, euphausiid shimps, copepods and jellyfish. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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