Rare Megamouth Shark Caught, Killed in Philippines

A very rare shark was caught in the Phillippines March 30. The World Wildlife Fund said a megamouth shark, one of the rarest fishes in the world with only 40 others known to exist, was accidentally caught by fisherman off Burias Island.

The 1,100 pound, 13 foot shark died while struggling to get out of the fisherman’s net. It was taken back to shore and eaten.

The first megamouth shark was discovered in 1976 in Hawaii. Other megamouths have been sighted in California, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Senegal, Brazil Ecuador, and Taiwan.

The fish is classified in its own family, Megachesmidae. Megamouths have distinctive rubbery mouths and large heads. They swim with their mouth’s wide open to filter the water for jellyfish and plankton.

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