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Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983

Megamouth shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Megachasma pelagios   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Megachasma pelagios
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (Haie und Rochen) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Megachasmidae (Megamouth sharks)
Etymology: Megachasma: megas (Gr.), large; chasma (Gr.), yawning hole or open mouth, referring to its unusually large oral cavity (See ETYFish)pelagios: Greek for “of the sea,” referring to its oceanic, epipelagic habitat (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

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