129.5 cm TL female, deep water (ORH) trawl, photographed at Anton's Seafoods, Auckland.
110 cm TL female, deep water (ORH) trawl, photographed at Anton's Seafoods, Auckland
We were driving along 17 Mile Drive, when I spotted this along the beach. I have no idea what species of shark it could be, so I am posting the pictures here in hopes of learning it’s identity.
Collected from FRV Kapala midwater trawl: station K77-24-11; seabed depth 2470-2560 m, capture depth 0-640 m. (AMS specimen I.20315-038).
Collected from FRV Kapala demersal trawl: station K88-17-06, depth 1033-1070 m. (CSIRO specimen H 2314-01).
Female, 87.4 cm TL. Bycatch from the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery, c. 600 m.
Female, 48.8 cm TL. Bycatch from the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery, c. 600 m.
Unfortunately, the video I thought I took and that I would get screengrabs from didn't record until after I thought I was done recording🙄. So here's what I have😔.
Empty carcass approx. 8' long.
The markings on the head are where there were holes nearly 1" across.
Close-up of the skin appear to be denticles.
Sleeper shark is a guess.
434 m depth, commercial dropline, 1350 mm TL
donated to Auckland Museum
240 fathoms deep! Probably about 200 lbs. got back in the water as quick as possible. Hopefully alive!
81 fathoms deep
Bycatch from the skate fishery (Dipturus spp.), ca. 350 m depth. Immature female, 184 cm TL. Unfortunately this is the only picture I could take, as the circumstances were less than ideal.
someone sent me these pictures of this washed up shark, Somniosus?
Posted with permission, caught on cod longline ~100 meters deep by Nuxalk fishermen, hook was removed and shark was released