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Proclaimed Live Science, the species is only found in the Galapagos Islands, the unique and famous for living in geographical areas with extreme isolation.
McCosker estimate the largest size that can be achieved cat shark was 0.6 meters long, such as the average of the other cat shark. Due to the limited collection tool, the largest shark that had acquired a group of scientists that only approximately 45 centimeters.
Although scientists have just published a description of new species, were examples of specimens have been collected since the diving expeditions in 1995 and 1998.
Samples were stored in a preservative solution that damage proteins and makes them unable to obtain DNA samples. McCosker said that the progress achieved by DNA analysis, the team hopes to obtain another example of the species to obtain genetic samples. Unfortunately they could not return to the area, and decided to publish.
"There's a huge irony in discovering new species of sharks, given the worldwide shark began to disappear. 90 percent of the sharks in the ocean when I was born first, is now disappearing," he said, revealed that many of the sharks who are victims of shark fin trade .
Sharks "Polkadot" Found Near the Galapagos Islands
Scientists discover new species of sharks spotted inhabitants of the sea floor, near the Galapagos Islands. Unlike most sharks, the spots on the skin appear scattered at random.
The new species is named Bythaelurus giddingsi including the type of catshark (cat shark). These fish have never seen before, until when scientists dive at a depth of 500 meters below sea level.
"We looked out the window and found a spotted cat shark and shouted, 'What's that?'" Recalls John McCosker, the chairman of Aquatic Biology at the California Academy of Sciences.
Proclaimed Live Science, the species is only found in the Galapagos Islands, the unique and famous for living in geographical areas with extreme isolation.
McCosker estimate the largest size that can be achieved cat shark was 0.6 meters long, such as the average of the other cat shark. Due to the limited collection tool, the largest shark that had acquired a group of scientists that only approximately 45 centimeters.
Although scientists have just published a description of new species, were examples of specimens have been collected since the diving expeditions in 1995 and 1998.
Samples were stored in a preservative solution that damage proteins and makes them unable to obtain DNA samples. McCosker said that the progress achieved by DNA analysis, the team hopes to obtain another example of the species to obtain genetic samples. Unfortunately they could not return to the area, and decided to publish.
"There's a huge irony in discovering new species of sharks, given the worldwide shark began to disappear. 90 percent of the sharks in the ocean when I was born first, is now disappearing," he said, revealed that many of the sharks who are victims of shark fin trade .
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