Rare prehistoric species of shark caught by Taitung fishermen ...Middle East

TAIPEI: A rare bluntnose sixgill shark, a species that is believed to have been on Earth since before the dinosaurs, was caught by Taiwanese fishermen from Taitung County on Sunday.The shark is a rare sight as it generally lives at a depth of 200-1,000 meters below sea level, Wu Jui-hsien, a research assistant at the East Coast Marine Biology Centre of the government-run Fisheries Research Institute, told Central news agency (CNA).Although most modern shark species have evolved to have five gills, the bluntnose shark still has six as their ancient ancestors, Wu explained.According Wu, the 420-kilogram fish was caught in the Pacific Ocean by a Taitung-based fishing boat and brought to Xingang

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