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yuiyoshida

(45,656 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2016, 04:25 PM Dec 2016

Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time National Geographic

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Ghost Shark Caught on Camera for the First Time National Geographic (Original Post) yuiyoshida Dec 2016 OP

Thanks!-You always post the greatest stuff! Boxerfan Dec 2016 #1

their extinct relatives are even cooler. cab67 Dec 2016 #2

I am assuming neopterygian KT2000 Dec 2016 #4

neopterygians are bony fishes. cab67 Dec 2016 #6

Thanks! tavernier Dec 2016 #3

Just saw this somewhere else and came to post it here! progressoid Dec 2016 #5

Man Snoopy 7 Dec 2016 #7

Perry Snoopy 7 Dec 2016 #8

Boxerfan

(2,571 posts)

1. Thanks!-You always post the greatest stuff!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 04:48 PM

Dec 2016

Very Sturgeon like in the snout but it appears to be a chewing-not suction-style mouth-that does extend like a sturgeon's.

Ancient that is for sure...

And the eyes are awesome. Definitely a deep water vision thing On a sturgeon they are almost a vestige. But they both have the sensory dot pattern on the snout.

I have fished for sturgeon for years. I leave them alone now-arms can't take it anyhow as they do get very large. But I was mostly catch & release in the old days.

cab67

(3,848 posts)

2. their extinct relatives are even cooler.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 04:59 PM

Dec 2016

Look up "iniopterygian" and "Helicoprion" to see what I mean.

KT2000

(22,221 posts)

4. I am assuming neopterygian

Reply to cab67 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 07:27 PM

Dec 2016

is another name? outstanding feature being new fins?
The teeth whorls are very unique on the helicoprian!
Thanks!

cab67

(3,848 posts)

6. neopterygians are bony fishes.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:35 AM

Dec 2016

Iniopterygians are way cooler. Check out Rainerichthys.

tavernier

(14,510 posts)

3. Thanks!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 06:39 PM

Dec 2016

Very interesting watch, although he appeared to be a bit bored. Not a great deal of amusements way down there for the citizenry.

progressoid

(53,387 posts)

5. Just saw this somewhere else and came to post it here!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 10:20 PM

Dec 2016

Snoopy 7

(732 posts)

7. Man

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:46 AM

Dec 2016

Great we found it just in time to pollute the oceans and help it go extinct, with the help of the Trump administration. If you don't believe me look at his choices for his cabinets...

Snoopy 7

(732 posts)

8. Perry

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:49 AM

Dec 2016

Don't forget he has a man who thought it was ok to keep the sign "Niggerhead Ranch" at the entrance of the ranch he bought. So if the people around Trump don't care about people do you think they will care about some unstudied fish(?) I think not.

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