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New shark species found in fish market

Adam Khor · 2011-09-04 19:34:21

It's a dog fish, it has been named Squalus formosus, and was discovered in a fish market in Taiwan (although it seemingly lives in Japan too).

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04-09-2011 8:34pm

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Adam Khor

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It's a dog fish, it has been named Squalus formosus, and was discovered in a fish market in Taiwan (although it seemingly lives in Japan too).

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#2 04-09-2011 9:41pm
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Sounds like a another case where the natives had known about an animal years before the scientists.

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#3 04-09-2011 9:53pm
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steddyeddy wrote: »

Sounds like a another case where the natives had known about an animal years before the scientists.

Think I should have posted it in that thread?

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