Scientific Name	Mitsukurina owstoni   Pronounce			by: ©Matsuura, Keiichi
Author	Jordan, 1898	Depth	30 - 1300M
Chinese	歐氏尖吻鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	尖吻鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F017　Mitsukurinidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	歐氏尖吻鯊
Max Length	385 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大沙、劍吻鯊、歐氏尖吻鮫
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Misaki, Sagami Sea, near Yokohama, Japan, Western North Pacific
Synonyms	Odontaspis nasutus, Scapanorhynchus dofleini, Scapanorhynchus jordani, Scapanorhynchus mitsukurii, Scapanorhynchus owstoni
Reference	Fishbase(2005)  Jordan, D. S. 1898 Uyeno, T., K. Nakamura, etc. 1976 Last, P.R. etc. 1994 Yano, K., M. Miya, M. Aizawa, etc. 2007
Specimen List	ASIZP0065068. ASIZP0070657. ASIZP0801344. ASIZP0911344.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Goblin shark
Redlist Status	2004-04-30
Characteristic	This is an unmistakable shark. Snout extremely elongated, blade-like and flattened. Eyes length 1.0-2.4 % of precaudal length. Length of 1st gill opening 4.6-5.9 % of precaudal length. Position of all gill opening anterior to pectoral-fin bases. Internal gill slits without gill rakers. Jaws strongly protrusable to about opposite snout tip but not greately distensible laterally. Caudal peduncle compressed and without lateral keels or precaudal pits. Pectoral fins short and broad. Pelvic fins large, larger than dorsal fins. Caudal fin not lunate, dorsal lobe long but half length of rest of shark or less, ventral lobe no developed. Total vertebral count 122-125, precaudal count 53-56.
habitats	This is a poorly known, bottom-dwelling shark. Most records are on or near the continental slops in depth between 270 and 960 m but down to at least 1300 m. Very little is known about its biology. Maximum total length at least 384 cm. Size at birth unkno
Distribution	Western Atlantic including Guinea, Surinam, French Guyana. Eastern Atlantic including France (Bay of Biscay), Madeira, Portugal, Senegal, Gulf of Guinea, South Africa (Western Cape). Western Indian Ocean including South Africa and Mozambique. Western Paci
Utility	This species taken as bycatch of deepwater trawl fisheries and sometimes taken with deepwater longlines, deep-set gill nets. Utilized as fresh or dries-salted for human consumption.