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Megamouth Shark

Educational resources on Megamouth Shark

Megamouth Shark or Megachasma pelagios is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Megamouth Shark

Academic web links for the Megamouth Shark.


Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Megamouth ...
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department homepage. This page contains, educational sections about the biology, ecology and conservation of fishes and sharks. A rich
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/megamouth/megamouth.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Biological Profile of Megamouth Shark; Table of Reported Sightings of Megamouth Sharks; Worldwide Distribution of Confirmed Megamouth Shark Sightings
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/megamouth/mega.htm

ADW: Megachasma pelagios: Information
The Megamouth Shark was recently discovered in deep water off of the Hawaiian Islands and near the shores of California, Japan and Western Australia.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Megachasma_pelagios.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Note: This is actually the 13th record of the megamouth shark. Number 12 was captured on 23 April, 1998 in the waters south of Japan very near the site where megamouth shark number
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Megamouth/Mega13.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
...*Note: There has been one unconfirmed sighting of a megamouth shark (#19) off the coast of California that is not reflected in this map. Also, Megamouth #36 was captured in the
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Megamouth/MegaMap.htm

Megamouth Shark #3
Third Megamouth Shark, caught off Mandurah, Australia, August 18, 1988
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Megamouth/Mega3.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Megamouth ...
Megamouth Shark # 38: The First Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios, Found in Mexican Waters November 16, 2006 Haga click aquí para entrar a la versión en español
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/megamouth/mega38.html

Sperm Whales Spotted Attacking Megamouth Shark
Pietro Pecchioni DEMO Environment and Territory bixxi@tin.it Carla Benoldi Department of Zoology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy. cbenoldi@cibra.unipv.it
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/InNews/Mega13.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Go To Distribution Map of Confirmed Sightings of the Megamouth Shark Go To Reference List for the Above Sightings of the Megamouth Shark Some of this information was kindly provided
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/Megamouth/tablemega.htm

Megamouth Shark Found Dead In Oro
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department homepage. This page contains, educational sections about the biology, ecology and conservation of fishes and sharks. A rich
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/innews/oro2005.html







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