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Rarely seen ‘living fossil’ frilled shark caught off Algarve coast – The Portugal News
A frilled shark, a species that is often termed a ‘living fossil’ because of several ‘primitive’ features that have survived for millions of years, has been cap…
By TPN/Lusa,
in Algarve ·
09-11-2017 15:04:00 · 1 CommentsThe animal was a male, 1.5 metres in length, and was fished in August at a depth of 700 metres, the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) said in a statement released on Monday.Researchers from IPMA and the Centre for Maritime Sciences recorded the catching of a shark “with unusual features” by a commercial trawler, as part of an “initiative to minimise undesirable catches in European fisheries”.
According to the…
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