Megamouth Shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Classes: Chrondrichthyes
Subclasses: Elasmosbranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Megachasmidae
Genus: Megachasma
Species: M.pelagios
Shark is the one of the dangerous killing predators on the ocean. Sharks have the ability to controlling the situation surrounding, whether there’s prey or not. There are about 360 different types of sharks in the world today.
Mega mouth shark is one of the species that exist in the world today. Mega mouth shark it self are same like the other sharks. But it has different characteristics than the other sharks.
Megachasma pelagios or used to be called mega mouth shark, has it high level of rarity of the deep-water shark. It was found on 1967 for the first attempt of caught the mega mouth shark it self, continuing until late on 2012. But there are only 54 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2012. So it was considered as a rare species of the shark, since there are only 54 specimens of the mega mouth shark caught from 1967 until late 2012.
Mega mouth shark is hard to find because it has brownish-black color on the top, and is white and blue underneath. Most of people will considered mega mouth shark looks like a rock on the water, since it has brownish-black color on the top, well that being said, many of people wouldn’t realize it as a shark.
The interiors of its gill slits are lined with finger, that capture its food. A relatively poor swimmer, the mega mouth has a soft, mushy body. It able to grows up to 18 ft (5,5meters) in length. Males mature by 13 ft meters (4 meters) and females by 16 ft (5 meters). Weights of up to 1,215 kg (2,680 lb) have been reported, and it’s habitat still considered as unknown. Since only a few of mega mouth shark has been found and caught lately.
Written by: Dicka Pramudya
Mega mouth shark is one of the species that exist in the world today. Mega mouth shark it self are same like the other sharks. But it has different characteristics than the other sharks.
Megachasma pelagios or used to be called mega mouth shark, has it high level of rarity of the deep-water shark. It was found on 1967 for the first attempt of caught the mega mouth shark it self, continuing until late on 2012. But there are only 54 specimens known to have been caught or sighted as of 2012. So it was considered as a rare species of the shark, since there are only 54 specimens of the mega mouth shark caught from 1967 until late 2012.
Mega mouth shark is hard to find because it has brownish-black color on the top, and is white and blue underneath. Most of people will considered mega mouth shark looks like a rock on the water, since it has brownish-black color on the top, well that being said, many of people wouldn’t realize it as a shark.
The interiors of its gill slits are lined with finger, that capture its food. A relatively poor swimmer, the mega mouth has a soft, mushy body. It able to grows up to 18 ft (5,5meters) in length. Males mature by 13 ft meters (4 meters) and females by 16 ft (5 meters). Weights of up to 1,215 kg (2,680 lb) have been reported, and it’s habitat still considered as unknown. Since only a few of mega mouth shark has been found and caught lately.
Written by: Dicka Pramudya