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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_j0.jpg)
by Gadig, O.B.F.

 

Size (cm): 190 TL
Locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina 
Sex/Stage: juvenile 
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Remark: juvenile male; coast, south of Brazil; September 1995 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m0.jpg)
by Carvalho Filho, A.

 

Size (cm): 144.8 FL,  190TL
Locality: Brazil 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 1995-09-18 
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Remark: young male; 24.4 kg; caught by a Brazilian longliner - 'Tooshin Maru 106' in 1995; Photo by Alfredo Carvalho Filho, with special thanks to Dr Alberto Amorim of the Instituto de Pesca de Santos, São Paulo. 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m1.jpg)
by Carvalho Filho, A.

 

Size (cm): 144.8 FL,  190TL
Locality: Brazil 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 1995-09-18 
Reference:  
Source:
Remark: young male; 24.4 kg; caught by a Brazilian longliner - 'Tooshin Maru 106' in 1995; Photo by Alfredo Carvalho Filho, with special thanks to Dr Alberto Amorim of the Instituto de Pesca de Santos, São Paulo. 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m2.jpg)
by Carvalho Filho, A.

 

Size (cm): 144.8 FL,  190TL
Locality: Brazil 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 1995-09-18 
Reference:  
Source:
Remark: young male; 24.4 kg; caught by a Brazilian longliner - 'Tooshin Maru 106' in 1995; Photo by Alfredo Carvalho Filho, with special thanks to Dr Alberto Amorim of the Instituto de Pesca de Santos, São Paulo. 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m3.jpg)
by Kaewnuratchadasorn, P.
SEAFDEC 

Size (cm): 235 TL
Locality: Indian Ocean 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 2002-01-18 
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Remark: approx. 200 kg; caught accidentally during a tuna purse seine operation done by M.V.SEAFDEC, conducted every year in the Eastern Indian Ocean for its Tuna Resources Survey, 18 January 2002. This shark is extremely rare in this ocean. 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_u0.gif)
Ref. No. 247, Contact info.
FAO 

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Reference: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes.
 
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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m4.jpg)
by Kaewnuratchadasorn, P.
SEAFDEC 

Size (cm): 235 TL
Locality: Indian Ocean 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 2002-01-18 
Reference:  
Source:
Remark: approx. 200 kg; caught accidentally during a tuna purse seine operation done by M.V.SEAFDEC, conducted every year in the Eastern Indian Ocean for its Tuna Resources Survey, 18 January 2002. This shark is extremely rare in this ocean. 



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Megachasma pelagios

Megachasma pelagios (Mepel_m5.jpg)
by Kaewnuratchadasorn, P.
SEAFDEC 

Size (cm): 235 TL
Locality: Indian Ocean 
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 2002-01-18 
Reference:  
Source:
Remark: approx. 200 kg; caught accidentally during a tuna purse seine operation done by M.V.SEAFDEC, conducted every year in the Eastern Indian Ocean for its Tuna Resources Survey, 18 January 2002. This shark is extremely rare in this ocean. 



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