Long-tailed shark gets entangled in net
Dear friends,
last week a Long-tailed shark gets entangled in net.
A creature that was reportedly stranded in Golfo Aranci (Sardinia), Tuesday 29, was confirmed to be a 2m Long-tailed shark (Bigeye thresher).
The shark died after being entangled in a fishing net, a gillnet.
They are present in the Mediterranean Sea and the longest Long-tailed shark in world record measured 488 cm. Occurs in coastal waters over continental shelves, sometimes close inshore in shallow waters, and on the high seas far from land. Oceanic, pelagic and near bottom at 1->500 m. Depth range to at least 500 m. Feeds on pelagic fishes (lancetfishes, herring, mackerel and small billfishes and bottom fishes and squids. Ovoviviparous, embryos feeding on yolk sac and other ova produced by the mother. Stuns its prey with its long caudal fin. Although its size invokes fear and terror, Long-tailed shark are in reality harmless.
Regards,
