List of megamouth shark specimens and sightings

This list of megamouth shark specimens and sightings includes recorded human encounters with Megachasma pelagios, popularly known as the megamouth shark. A similar list is published by the Ichthyology Department of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida.

List of megamouth sharks

Records are listed chronologically in ascending order and numbered accordingly.

• Date – Date on which the specimen was first captured, found, or observed.
• Location – Area where the specimen was found.
• Sex – Sex and sexual maturity of the specimen.
• Size – Data relating to measurements. Abbreviations used are based on standardised acronyms in ichthyology (see Measurements).
• Method of capture – Circumstances in which the specimen was recovered or observed.
• Disposition – Repository or otherwise fate of the specimen.
• References – Primary sources for each specimen as well as later publications that refer to the specimen.
• Notes – Miscellaneous information.

Measurements

• BD – body diameter.
• PCL – precaudal length, also known as normal length. It is the length from the tip of the snout to the precaudal pit measured in a straight line.
• TL – total length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.
• WT – total mass of specimen.

References

External links

• Summary of Megamouth Sharks, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 [archived copy from April 16, 2009]
• "Confirmed Megamouth Shark Sightings". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
• Distribution Table of Confirmed Megamouth Shark Sightings
• List of Megamouth Shark Sightings at Sharkman's World