Megachasma pelagios, Megamouth shark

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Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983

Megamouth shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Megachasma pelagios   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Megachasma pelagios
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分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii 板鰓亞綱 (鯊魚與魟魚) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) 鼠鯊目 (Mackerel sharks) > Megachasmidae (Megamouth sharks) 大口鮫科 (Megamouth sharks)
Etymology: Megachasma: megas (Gr.), large; chasma (Gr.), yawning hole or open mouth, referring to its unusually large oral cavity. (See ETYFish);  pelagios: Greek for “of the sea,” referring to its oceanic, epipelagic habitat. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學


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