Antarctic sharks ?

Five species of shark are known from the Southern Ocean, the ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent between 60 degrees south latitude and the Antarctic coast [1,2]. No sharks have been found in Antarctic coastal waters or the Antarctic Peninsula [1]. This is a photo of a great white shark, and they are not found in Antarctica.

The porbeagle Lamna nasus has been found around South Georgia and the Kerguelen Islands [1,2].

The lanternshark Etmopterus cf. granulosus has been found at the Kerguelen Islands [1,2].

The sleeper shark Somniosus cf. microcephalus has been found around the Kerguelen Islands [1,2].

The white-spotted spurdog Squalus acanthias and the dogfish Centroscymnus sp. have been found at the Kerguelen Islands [2].

1: Fishes of the Southern Ocean. O Gon & PC Heemstra, eds. Grahamstown, South Africa : JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1990; 2: Deep Sea Research Part I 51:17-31, 2004

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