Megachasma pelagios

Familia: Megachasmidae
Genus: Megachasma
Species:

Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983: 96

• Holotype: ♂, adult, 4460 mm total length, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, BPBM 22730.
  • Type locality: Hawaiian Islands, about 42 km NE Kahuku point, Oahu, 21°51'N, 157°46'W, at about 165 m depth in water about 4600 m deep.

• Taylor, L. R., Jr., Compagno, L. J. V. & Struhsaker, P. J., 1983: Megamouth -- a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 43 (8): 87-110. BHL Reference page.  [p. 96]

• Rahman, R.P.K., Abhijith, E.K., Krishnaprasad, P.H., Sarlin, P.J., Sureshkumar, S. 2025. Occurrence of Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) in the Central Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5588(3): 485–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.3.7 Reference page. 
• Watanabe, Y.Y. & Papastamatiou, Y. 2019. Distribution, body size and biology of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios. Journal of Fish Biology 95(4): 992–998. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14007 PDF Reference page. 

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