Goblin shark
Mitsukurina owstoni
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Mitsukurina owstoni
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Mitsukurinidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, Oceania
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its jaws can shoot forward out of the head to snap up prey, a move called slingshot feeding.
- Its pink colour comes from blood vessels showing through translucent skin.
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Similar animals
- Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q499461 · All animals · All entries