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American oceanologists have discovered the second in history science miniature shark. Naturalists examined samples of marine fauna collected five children ago in the Gulf of Mexico and completely accidentally noticed among them the rarest cartilaginous fish.
According to Mark Grace, an American national Ocean Research Authority, the “pocket” shark he with colleagues discovered she had only fourteen centimeters in length. According to the dried artifact, experts determined that it was a young male, which is not even one year old. Prior to this, a miniature shark was caught only once – this happened in 1979 off the coast of Peru. Then she was photographed and released back.
Americans, having a unique chance to explore one of the most rare marine animals, conducted a genetic analysis and found out that a tiny whale-like fish belongs to the so-called erect sharks, entering the genus Mollisquama, which was first described in 1984, Soviet scientists. This genus includes Brazilian upright sharks, American luminous sharks and, as it seems, A miniature shark caught in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
US oceanologists report a small shark, judging by umbilical cord scar is viviparous. The study of fish anatomy revealed that her previous description was incomplete. For example, nobody noticed a row of glands on the stomach of the first caught individual, the purpose of which the Americans have not yet figured out.
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