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Four specimens goblin sharks Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 with range between c. 150-200 cm of total length were landed and documented on 4 April 2019 at Rigaih fish market, Lhok Timon village, Setia Bakti subdistrict, Aceh Jaya district, Aceh province, Indonesia. This finding is constitute a second record of M. owstoni in Indonesian waters, after a previous record on 20 March 2009 in Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java.

Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Goblin Shark. Maximum measured size is 4.10 m (13.45 ft) TL (Kukuev 1982); however, a photo of a specimen from the Gulf of Mexico was estimated at 5.40���6.17 m (17.12���20.24 ft) (Parsons et al. 2002). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to Honshu, Japan (Aonuma and Yoshino in Nakabo 2002); San Clemente Island, southern California (Ugoretz and Seigel 1999). Depth: surface to 1,300 m (4,264 ft) (Ebert et al. 2013)., Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008, {"references":["Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. (1898) The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fishlike vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama, Parts II and III. Bulletin of National Museum.","Kukuev, E. I. (1982) Ichthyofauna of Corner Mountains and New England Seamounts. Insufficiently Studied Fishes of the Open Ocean. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow.","Parsons, G. R., Ingram Jr, G. W. & Havard, R. (2002) First record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni, Jordan (Family Mitsukurnidae) in the Gulf of Mexico. Southeastern Naturalist, 1, 89 - 192. https: // doi. org / 10.1656 / 1528 - 7092 (2002) 001 [0189: frotgs] 2.0. co; 2","Nakabo, T. (Ed.). (2002) Fishes of Japan with Pictorial Keys to the Species. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.","Ugoretz, J. K. & Seigel, J. A. (1999) First eastern Pacific record of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae). California Fish and Game, 85, 118 - 120.","Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. (2013) Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, Great Britain. 528 p."]}

Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 Goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898: 200, pls. 11–12. Holotype: ZMUT, uncat. [lost]. Local synonymy: Scapanorhynchus owstoni: Bass et al., 1975c: 18, fig. 8, pl. 7; Piotrovskiy & Prut’ko, 1980: 124. Mitsukurina owstoni: Compagno, 1984a: 223, fig.; Bass & Compagno, 1986: 103, fig. 17.1; Compagno et al., 1989: 40, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 73; Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 69; Compagno et al., 2005: 178, fig., pl. 27; Ebert, 2013: 149, fig. 184; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 216, fig., pl. 25; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 13, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 126, fig. 138; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 11, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1227; Weigmann, 2016: 851. South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6206 [former ORI 2348]. At least four other specimens caught off the east coast (EC and KZN) were either discarded or lost in transit. South African distribution: West of Cape Town (WC) to off Port Shepstone (KZN). Remarks: South African records include a single specimen west of Cape Town (WC), two from off the Transkei coast (EC), and two from off Port Shepstone, KZN. The species is likely wide-ranging in deep water, along the upper continental slope around South Africa. A couple additional specimens were caught along the Madagascar Ridge east of South Africa. Conservation status: LC (2018)., Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567, {"references":["Jordan, D. S. (1898) Description of a species of fish (Mitsukurina owstoni) from Japan, the type of a distinct family of lamnoid sharks. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3 (Zoology), 1, 199 - 204.","Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1975 c) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. IV. The families Odontaspididae, Scapanorhynchidae, Isuridae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Orectolobidae and Rhiniodontidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 39, 1 - 102.","Piotrovskiy, A. S. & Prut'ko, V. G. (1980) The occurrence of the goblin shark, Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Chondrichthyes, Scapanorhynchidae) in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1), 124 - 125.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1984 a) FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 4. No. 125. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1 - 250.","Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Pristidae, Narkidae, Rhinobatidae, Myliobatidae, Mobulidae, Dasyatidae, Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae, Callorhinchidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 110 - 142, 144 - 147.","Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. 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A goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni,was captured by deepwater shark longline targeting squaloid sharks off Palabuhanratu, West Java, Indonesia at about 200 m depth. Morphological measurements were taken and compared to other records from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. This new recordfrom Indonesian waters extends the distribution of this species in the Indian Ocean.

The first record of the rare deep-sea goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, was reported from the waters of Morocco (Northwest Africa). Occurrences of this species have been recorded earlier from the waters of Madeira (over 1000 km to the north) and Senegal (over 800 km to the south of the place of our record).

Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T20:09:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-08-20 Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Owing to poorly mineralising structures, ageing deep-water elasmobranchs requires unconventional techniques. The aim of the present study was to develop an ageing method for the goblin sharkMitsukurina owstoni(Jordan, 1898) using Alcian blue staining of the vertebral column. One vertebral centrum from a male individual measuring 315.2-cm total length (TL) was aged with a minimum age of 27 years. Using a Bayesian von Bertalanffy growth model informed by back-calculated length at age, a literature search of maximum male TL, the TL of the smallest free-swimming individuals and informative priors, we estimated males grow to 374 cm TL, mature at 16 years and live up to 60 years. Our results provide useful life history information, with the aim of elucidating the cryptic biology of this deep-water shark. Oregon State Univ, Coastal Oregon Marine Expt Stn, 2030 SE Marine Sci Dr, Newport, OR 97365 USA Univ Florida, Sch Forest Resources & Conservat, Fisheries & Aquat Sci Program, 118 Newins Ziegler Hall,POB 110410, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA Moss Landing Marine Labs, Pacific Shark Res Ctr, 8272 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039 USA Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Marine Ecol & Conservat Lab, Rua Dr Carvalho de Mendonca 144, BR-11070100 Santos, SP, Brazil Sao Paulo State Univ, Biosci Inst, Elasmobranch Lab, Praca Infante Dom Henrique S-N,Parque Bitaru, BR-11380972 Sao Vicente, SP, Brazil Sao Paulo State Univ, Biosci Inst, Elasmobranch Lab, Praca Infante Dom Henrique S-N,Parque Bitaru, BR-11380972 Sao Vicente, SP, Brazil FAPESP: 2010/02397-7

As part of an annotated checklist of fishes of the archipelago of Madeira, a list with all cartilaginous fishes recorded from the archipelago is presented. The list contains 67 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, whose presence in the area the authors consider confirmed. Another 14 species previously referred for the area are now considered dubious records and five species are withdrawn from the list. Centrophorus uyato is here recorded for the first time from Madeira. Three species (Mitsukurina owstoni, Odontaspis noronhai and Chimaera opalescens) are so far only present in Madeira within Macaronesia. The 67 confirmed species are based on occurrences, substantiated by specimens in natural history museum collections or other published evidence. For all species, the first reference is given, as well as other relevant references for the archipelago and remaining Macaronesia.

The collection of the Museu Oceanográfico D. Carlos I is a historical specimen, instrument, and document collection that has been housed at the Aquário Vasco da Gama since 1935. The collection is largely the result of several scientific campaigns conducted by Dom Carlos de Bragança between 1896 and 1907. Specifically, the ichthyological collection consists of 675 surviving catalogue records of specimens caught, acquired or offered to D. Carlos I between 1892 to 1907, and includes the type specimen for Odontaspisnasutus Bragança, 1904 (junior synonym of Mitsukurinaowstoni Jordan, 1898), along with several specimens of deep sea species. All specimens were captured in coastal Portuguese waters, and were preserved in alcohol, formalin, or mounted.

This paper collects bibliographic information about the Goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Chondrichthyes: Mitsukurinidae), an uncommon shark from deeper waters. One specimen of this species was captured near Nenguange bay and it is recorded for rst time in the Colombian Caribbbean.

Echthrogaleus mitsukurinae sp. nov. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) is described based on a female recovered from the body surface of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898, captured on the slope of the Tokyo Canyon at about 400 m depth in Tokyo Bay, Japan. This new species is easily distinguishable from all its congeners in having the following unique features in the female: (1) the lateral lobes of the cephalothorax and the lateral plates of pediger 2 are devoid of marginal membranes, (2) the dorsal plates of pediger 4 have a smooth margin, (3) the posterolateral lobes of the genital complex are widely curved medially and overlap each other across the midline, (4) legs 2 and 3 have 3-segmented endopods, and (5) leg 4 has an incompletely 2-segmented exopod.

Descriptions are given of one new and five rare fish species first found on raises of the Atlantic Ocean: Mitsukurina owstoni (Vavilov Ridge), Gymnothorax cf. moringa (Vavilov Ridge), G. walvisensis Prokofiev sp. n. (Walvis Ridge), Sladenia shaefersi (Angular Rise), Hymenocephalus billsam (Rio Grande Rise), and Ebinania costaecanariae (South Atlantic Ridge, first occurrence of the species on seamounts). The specimen G. cf. moringa from Vavilov Ridge differed from typical individuals of this species from the western Atlantic and demonstrated, in some characteristics, a similarity with the close species G. vicinus, but did not correspond to both these species in some characteristics. The new species G. walvisensis is close to the species of subgenus Neomuraena, known earlier only from the New World, but was characterized by its light and practically solid color, only five mandibular pores, peculiarities of vomer dentition, and vertebral formula.

A total of 148 specimens of Mitsukurina owstoni were examined for morphology, distribution, stomach contents, and reproductive condition. Sixty-nine males (81.7–208.5 cm in total length, TL) and 56 females (92.8–196.1 cm TL) were collected with bottom gillnets along a steep slope of the Tokyo Submarine Canyon (100–350 m depth) from May 1995 to October 1996. In addition, data were obtained from 23 specimens of M. owstoni collected from Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, and the Enshu-nada Sea from 1972 to 2001. Japanese catch records already published (from 1898) plus those in the present study were from the Pacific coast of Japan, from Choshi to the Kii Peninsula. The main fishing season for M. owstoni by bottom gillnet fishing in the Tokyo Submarine Canyon was October to April, at depths of 200–245 m. No specimens examined were sexually mature, including the largest male (208.5 cm TL) and female (196.1 cm TL) recorded. Of 110 stomachs from specimens from the Tokyo Submarine Canyon, 32 (29.1%) were empty. The remainder variously included teleost fishes, squids, decapods, isopods, digested food, and human refuse. Teleost fishes (Macrouridae sp. and Stomiidae spp.), an isopod (Cymothoidae), and decapods (Pasiphaea sinensis and Sergia sp.) were the only identifiable prey, the indication being that teleosts (all size ranges) were of primary importance as prey for M. owstoni.

Five striking and prey capture events of two goblin sharks were videotaped at sea for the first time, showing their extraordinary biting process. The goblin sharks swung their lower jaw downward and backward to attain a huge gape and then rapidly protruded the jaws forward a considerable distance. The jaws were projected at a maximum velocity of 3.1 m/s to 8.6–9.4% of the total length of the shark, which is by far the fastest and greatest jaw protrusion among sharks. While the jaws were being retracted, the mouth opened and closed again, which was considered a novel feeding event for sharks. Phylogenetic evidence suggested that their feeding behavior has evolved as an adaptation to food-poor deep-sea environments, possibly as a trade-off for the loss of strong swimming ability.

A goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (family Mitsukurinidae), was captured in the northern Gulf of Mexico at 28°44.62′ N, 88°34.13′ W on 25 July 2000. The shark was captured by commercial fishers at 919 to 1,099 meters depth after it became entangled in fishing gear. The shark was female, the gut was empty, and no pups were present. Using regression analysis, the length was estimated to be 540 to 617 cm total length and may be the largest specimen collected to date. This capture from the Gulf of Mexico extends the goblin shark's range into the Atlantic waters of North America.

The occurrence of the first associated tooth set of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae), is described from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk in Gove County, Kansas. The specimen, which consists of five small teeth, represents the most recent (Late Coniacian) occurrence of the species in Kansas. Morphological variation observed in the tooth set confirms the presence of heterodonty in the dentition of this taxon. By comparing the teeth of S. raphiodon with those of the extant mitsukurinid shark (Mitsukurina owstoni), the total body length of the fossil individual is estimated conservatively to be 59 cm. Similar to M. owstoni, S. raphiodon possibly fed on small fishes and squid, but this idea is yet to be confirmed.

* Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 – Goblin shark; Tubarão-demónio ①, ③, Published as part of Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, pp. 1-73 in European Journal of Taxonomy 73 on page 10, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.73, http://zenodo.org/record/3866515

On 19 April 2014, a female goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, was captured in a commercial shrimp trawl in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The shark, estimated to be approximately 5 m in length, was captured at a depth of approximately 490 m and released alive shortly after capture. This specimen represents the second goblin shark ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico.

Three specimens of Mitsukurina owstoni are described from the east coast of New Zealand, doubling the number known from this region. All New Zealand specimens have a longitudinal, mid‐ventral fold in the abdominal wall. Coloration, proportional dimensions, and tooth counts are consistent with previous descriptions of M. owstoni. Tooth morphology and the incidence of gaps in the tooth rows are highly variable. Prey items identified are the squid Teuthowenia pellucida, the ostracod Macrocypridina castanea rotunda, and mesopelagic teleosts. Morphology and diet indicate that M. owstoni is a sluggish mesopelagic species.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:59:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01 This paper reports the first well-documented specimen of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni in the south-western Atlantic, based on a mature male measuring 3152 mm total length, caught on 27 November 2008 off the Rio de Janeiro coast, south-east Brazil. Conepe-Conselho Nacional de Pesca e Aquicultura, Setor Hoteleiro sul, Edifício Brasil 21 UNESP, Campus Experimental Do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante Dom Henrique S/n UNESP, Campus Experimental Do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante Dom Henrique S/n

Internal parasites are reported from the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni for the first time. The shark examined was a 190 kg male collected off of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia and deposited at the Australian Museum in Sydney. What appear to be 4 different species of tapeworms were recovered from the spiral intestine. These included two new species, Litobothrium amsichensis n. sp. (order Litobothridea) and Marsupiobothrium gobelinus n. sp. (order Tetraphyllidea), as well as one specimen of a trypanorhynch and one scolex of a second tetraphyllidean. The latter two species are unidentifiable without further material. The generic placement of the new tetraphyllidean is somewhat problematical; this genus was thought to be the most appropriate placement at present. The most conspicuous difference between the new litobothridean and the five other species in the order is that it possesses dorso-ventral projections on five rather than four or three anterior segments. The discovery of a litobothridean parasitising the goblin shark is consistent with the systematic placement of the Mitsukurinidae within the Lamniformes, and may preliminarily indicate close affinities between the Alopidae, Odontaspidae and Mitsukurinidae. The phyllobothriid differs from the five other species of Marsupiobothrium in its possession of extremely long bothridial peduncles, its lack of an arcuate cylindrical pad on the posterior bothridial margins and its possession of a marginal, distinct apical sucker rather than a submarginal, diffuse apical sucker on each bothridium. Four detached specimens of the new phyllobothriid retained tips of mucosal villi within their bothridia. From these specimens it appears that the peduncles allow this species to stretch its scolex for attachment to up to four villi simultaneously.

This paper collects bibliographic information about the Goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Chondrichthyes: Mitsukurinidae), an uncommon shark from deeper waters. One specimen of this species was captured near Nenguange bay and it is recorded for first time in the Colombian Caribbbean.

Two species of shark and two species of teleost trawled from the upper continental slope of the New Zealand 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1985 and 1986 are new records for the New Zealand region: Pseudotriakis microdon (Carcharhiniformes, Pseudotriakidae), Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes, Mitsukurinidae), Macrorhamphosodes uradoi (Tetraodontiformes, Triacanthodidae), and Cyttopsis roseus (Zeiformes, Zeidae). The first three are new family records.