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Megamouth Shark,Swimming

Reference

IB0083

Category

Sharks and Rays

Family Name

Megamouth Shark - MEGACHASMIDAE

Common Name

Megamouth Shark,Swimming

Scientific Name

Megachasma pelagios

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

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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