Glow in the dark shark!
By Meera Dolasia on January 8, 2016
By Meera Dolasia on January 8, 2016
In January 2010, according to Meera Dolasia, “A few years ago, Douglas Long and his colleagues from the California Academy of Sciences were helping D. Ross Robertson identify some chimaeras caught off the Pacific coast of Central America in 2010. Among the images were those of a mysterious pitch black shark. Intrigued, the marine ichthyologist asked the Smithsonian Institute researcher to lend him the preserved specimens so that his team could study the fish in detail.” However it was only until December 21, 2015 that is was confirmed that they had found a new species! There are over 40 different kind of lantern sharks but they manage to stay under the radar because they are very small and live in the deep parts of the ocean.
This shark is very rare because it has two different rows of teeth, one on the top and one on the bottom.
Vasquez says "The new species features tiny photophores that glow throughout its body. Since they are not as widespread as those found in other lantern sharks, the researcher speculates that the fish does not show off its bioluminescence skills very often. The black sharks also have other distinguishing lanternshark features like spines on their dorsal fins as well as a different set of teeth on each jaw.” Also this shark was given two names one for scientists which was “Etmopteru benchleyi”. And the other for the rest of the world which was the “Ninja shark”. How ever one scientist brought in a focus group that's ages were from 8-15, they wanted to name it “super ninja shark” but the name was shortened to ninja.
I liked reading this article and it was very cool to learn about bioluminescent sharks. I picked this article because ever since I was a wee lad I have liked sharks. I like the writing and the story I would definitely get more news from this site again. Also I do think this is a reliable source for news. This shark is bioluminescent and since it is a shark that means it is biology. One question I have is, I have only heard of bioluminescent aquatic animals are there any land animals that are bioluminescent
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ReplyDeleteGreat topic! I noticed though, that most of your article is taken directly from your chosen article. The only error I see is in paragraph three the quotation marks are placed before the word "said".
ReplyDeleteI thought that you had some great info in your paragraphs. I have some questions though... Why did the scientists want to call it the Ninja Shark, and what is an ichthyologist?
ReplyDeleteInteresting topic, but there is still a little bit more that could be done to make a much better report and I still have a few questions.
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