- The megamouth is considerably less active than the other filter-feeding sharks, the basking shark and the whale shark.
- Megamouth sharks - Megachasma pelagios - are one of rarest types of shark in the world despite being large, growing to at least 5.5m in length.
- The megamouth is considerably less active than the other filter-feeding sharks, the basking shark and the whale shark.
- Megamouth shark recorded from Pemba Island in the Zanzibar Archipelago of Tanzania. Photo credit: © Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania Marine Program.
- The megamouth shark is known for its large head, unusually large lips and oral cavity – which it swims with wide open, catching krill, plankton and jellyfish.
- Male megamouth sharks grow to an average of 13 feet long while females average 16 feet in size. The average weight of this shark is 1,760 pounds.
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- The Megamouth Shark was featured on Discovery Channel’s documentary feature “Alien Sharks” as a part of their annual Shark Week programming line-up.
- The megamouth shark is the only known species of the genus Megachasma, which belongs to the monotypic family Megachasmidae.
- Megamouth shark sightings are extremely rare, and all the information we have comes from just 117 specimens. Megamouth Sharks Taxonomy.
- It is believed that Megamouth sharks only come near to the surface at night, spending the majority of their lives in the dark (Oceana, 2023).
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- The Megamouth Shark is rarely seen and it has only been in the past 30 years that it has even been recognized as a species of shark.
