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November 27, 2020: Shark

This unidentified shark was seen at a depth of 638 meters (2,093 feet) in the Inés María Mendoza Nature Reserve during Dive 6 of the Océano Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expedition. To date, at least 42 species belonging to 15 families of sharks have been confirmed to exist in U.S. Caribbean waters based on specimen collections and DNA sequences. New observations of sharks from the Océando Profundo 2018 expedition add insights into the biology and ecology of these important but still poorly understood deepwater sharks.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Download larger version (jpg, 1.1 MB).

This unidentified shark was seen at a depth of 638 meters (2,093 feet) in the Inés María Mendoza Nature Reserve during Dive 6 of the Océano Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expedition. To date, at least 42 species belonging to 15 families of sharks have been confirmed to exist in U.S. Caribbean waters based on specimen collections and DNA sequences. New observations of sharks from the Océando Profundo 2018 expedition add insights into the biology and ecology of these important but still poorly understood deepwater sharks.

From: Sharks of the U.S. Caribbean.