Previously unknown shark species discovered off the coast of Australia

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Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of small sharks off the west coast of Australia. The animal is a striped horn shark that has not yet been described by science, the Australian science agency CSIRO reported on Wednesday.

The specimen was sighted and brought aboard by the research vessel Investigator (pictured below) on Nov. 23 at Gascoyne Marine Park west of the Cape Range Peninsula, a Science Authority spokesman said. CSIRO shark expert Will White called it “one of the most exciting finds” of the entire research journey.

Art lives at a depth of 150 meters
The striking little horn shark is unique to Australia. The species has not yet been described and named. “The specimen we collect will be incredibly important to science,” White explained. The fish, which belong to the river thunder shark family, are mostly found in shallow waters. But the new species lives at depths of more than 500 feet, “and we don’t know anything about its behavior,” White says.

The previously known horn sharks are up to 120 centimeters long. They spend most of the day camouflaged among rocks and algae on the sea floor, coming out at night to feed.

“Australia has a truly vast marine area that is home to some of the greatest biodiversity in the world,” said CSIRO researcher White. “But we still know very little about what lives beneath the waves.”

Source: Krone

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