What Is The Scientific Name Of Goblin Shark? (ANSWER)

SCIENTIFIC NAME OF GOBLIN SHARK – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the scientific name of goblin shark.

It is a rare species of deep-sea shark which is sometimes called a “living fossil”. It belongs to the goblin shark family Mitsukurinidae.

The creature is pink-skinned and has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flattened snout, and highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth.

It is 3 and 4 meters or 10 and 13 feet long when it is in its maturity. The species inhabit upper continental slopes, submarine canyons, and seamounts throughout the world at depths greater than 100 meters or 330 feet.

Various features of the species suggest that it is naturally sluggish. Aside from that, the shark hunts for teleost fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans both near the sea floor and in the middle of the water column.

Its long snout is covered with ampullae of Lorenzini, giving it the ability to sense minute electric fields produced by nearby prey.

Answer

The binomial name of goblin shark is Mitsukurina owstoni.

Mitsukurina is a genus of goblin sharks under the goblin shark family Mitsukurinidae. It is named after Japanese zoologist Kakichi Mitsukuri.

The specific epithet owstoni, on the other hand, was named after shipmaster and naturalist Alan Owston, who gave the specimen to Mitsukuri.