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Megachasma pelagios

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

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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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