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SpeciesLamniformesMitsukurinidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Goblin shark

Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898

Trollhaj (Mitsukurina owstoni, även näshaj), en djuphavslevande haj. Arten är ensam i släktet Mitsukurina samt i familjen Mitsukurinidae. Trollhajen upptäcktes av japanska fiskare utanför Japans kust 1897. Forskaren David Starr Jordan var den första att beskriva den vetenskapligt.

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Also called
Elfin Shark
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Goblin shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
2 mrecord 6.17 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.14
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.14 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Goblin shark yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderLamniformes
  5. ›familyMitsukurinidae
  6. ›genusMitsukurina
  7. ›speciesMitsukurina owstoni
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. orderLamniformes
  3. familyMitsukurinidae
  4. genusMitsukurina
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. orderLamniformes
  9. familyMitsukurinidae
  10. genusMitsukurina
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In other languages
欧氏尖吻鲛 (zh), قرش عفريت (ar), Mitsukurina owstoni (es), requin lutin (fr), nesehai (nb), Mitsukurina (pl) … and 27 more languages

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