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Big fish
During a two - month commercial fishing expedition in early 2012 , California alum student Paul Clerkin studied the many weird sharks a massive trawler pluck from the deep sea . The ship was in the Indian Ocean , bringing up Pisces from a deepness of about 6,500 feet ( 2,000 meters).The large guzzler shark render above was one of Clerkin ’s favorites , he say .
Newfound fish
It ’s likely this ghost shark is a new species . The sharks have large thoracic fins and live on very deeply in the ocean .
Armed and dangerous?
Another ghost shark . Notice the curved backbone emerging from its back , near the Pisces the Fishes ’s promontory .
Wild ride
The expectant trawler ship that was Clerkin ’s home for two months . The vessel hit some rough waters in the Indian Ocean .
Pale swimmers
pocket-size cat shark , potentially a Modern species .
Strange fish
The trawler picked up more than 30 false catsharks , pictured above . These magnanimous , pointy - face sharks are thought to be rare , but Clerkin said he ’s not so sure that ’s exact . It ’s likely humans have n’t often fished the cryptical water supply where these sharks endure .
What’s up, doc?
A trace shark . In the place of tooth , the Pisces the Fishes have wide bony plate , lending them a goofy sass form that resembles that of a bucktoothed hare .
Skinny shark
A foresighted , minute shark with a strange mouthpiece .
Li’l guy
A small , deep - ocean shark , impart up from seamounts in the Indian Ocean .
