A particularly rare marine animal was observed off the coast of Gran Canaria: a Koboldhai (Mitsukurina Owstoni) came in the networks of two fishermen for San Cristóbal. It is the first confirmation of this kind in the waters of the Canary Islands.
As the “Canary Weekly” reports, the Fischer Marcos Hernández and Ramón Santana were looking for a depth of 900 meters in search of seeht and Tiefsebarsch when they met the unusual animal. “When it came up, we didn’t know what it was,” said Hernández. “At first we thought it was because of the long snout for a sword fish, but then we noticed that it was something else.”
According to their own statement, they only recognized the Koboldhai after an internet investigation. They filmed the animal, took photos – and stopped carefully again. It then swam back in the depth.
Hair with horror snout
The Koboldhai is considered one of the most extraordinary sharks in the oceans of the world. His flattened snout, the pre -fully pines and his spooky appearance brought him the nickname “Living Fossil”. The animals prefer to live in the depths between 250 and 1300 meters and feed on fish, shellfish and squid. Their reproduction is going slowly – they are Ovovivipar, the embryos feed in the womb of Imprimers.
The observation was also classified as scientifically important by the experts Alberto Brito, ichthyologist and Asier Furundarena, marine ecologist at the Public Environmental Society. They emphasize that the Koboldhai is one of the “least understood” shark species in the Canaryan waters and so far no confirmed evidence in the region.
See an “extraordinary privileges”
These kinds of observations are extremely rare worldwide. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, only copies have been documented before Madeira, Galicia, the Gulf of Bishaya and Portugal – usually young animals or subadult. The largest well -known specimen was a female Koboldhai with a length of about six meters, trapped in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Documenting such an animal and returning to your living space is an extraordinary privilege,” write Brito and Furundarena. The perception underlines the enormous biological diversity in the depths around the Canary Islands – and the urgent need to protect this natural heritage.
Source: Krone
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