Anonymous
By an edhat reader
A Six Gill shark washed up on Hendry’s beach a few hundred feet from the boathouse. Approximately 6 feet in length the shark is intact and not yet decomposing as of 9-9-2020.
An injury to the gills appears as the only irregular finding. Males of the species are sometimes known to bite females over the gills before mating.
By an edhat reader
Dead shark west of Hendry’s on 9/9/20. What kind of shark is this?
Thank goodness for Mesabright, stating common and Scientific name with reasoning for the ID. Why open the article with a statement identifying the shark as a Six Gill, and ending the article with the question “What shark is this? “
The shark only had five gills! My three-year-old son could’ve ruled out six gill.
And Spearo stating as fact that it was a Soupfin shark, when Soupfin sharks have a large central dorsal fin, was incorrect. Why not say, “I believe or It may be”?
I also believe this to be Echinorhinus cookei based on shape, fin location and a tooth.
Thank goodness for Mesabright, stating common and Scientific name with reasoning for the ID. Why open the article with a statement identifying the shark as a Six Gill, and ending the article with the question “What shark is this? “
The shark only had five gills! My three-year-old son could’ve ruled out six gill.
And Spearo stating as fact that it was a Soupfin shark, when Soupfin sharks have a large central dorsal fin, was incorrect. Why not say, “I believe or It may be”?
I also believe this to be Echinorhinus cookei based on shape, fin location and a tooth.