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“Rapier Wielding” Shark Among New Species Found in 2011

by Christine Dell’Amore

Four new sharks—including a “rapier wielding” sawshark—are among 140 new species discovered by California Academy of Sciences researchers in 2011, the institution announced in December.

The African dwarf sawshark (Pristiophorus nancyae) was accidentally captured in a 1,600-foot-deep (490-meter-deep) trawl off Mozambique. The animal is only the seventh species of sawshark known to science, according to David Ebert, a research associate at the Academy. The predator has a long, tooth-studded snout that it uses like a sword, whipping the appendage through schools of fish and then returning to eat any casualties.

Along with the sawshark, a new species of angel shark, Squatina caillieti, was named from a single specimen collected in 1,200-foot-deep (370-meter-deep) water off the Philippine island of Luzon, Ebert said. Bottom-dwelling angel sharks, whose large pectoral fins resemble wings, lie partially buried in sediment and ambush passing prey. In addition, two species of lanternshark in the Etmopterus genus were also discovered in Taiwan and South Africa, respectively…

(read more: National Geo)    

(photo: D. A. Ebert and G.M. Cailliet, California Academy of Sciences)

THEY HAVE SAWS NOW. FRICKIN’ LASERS ARE NOT FAR AWAY.

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