Latest Breaking News On - Laurent duchatelet - Page 1 : comparemela.com
Découverte : certains requins brillent aussi dans le noir
sciencepost.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencepost.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Three Glow-in-the-Dark Sharks Found Off the Coast of New Zealand
guardianlv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from guardianlv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scientists find three new shark species that glow in the dark
yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scientists find three new shark species that glow in the dark
Scientists have found three new deepwater shark species that can glow in the dark. © Other Research has confirmed three species of sharks found in New Zealand waters are bioluminescent. Pic: NIWA/UCLouvain
The kitefin shark, the blackbelly lanternshark and the southern lanternshark were collected from the Chatham Rise, off the east coast of New Zealand s South Island, in January last year.
The species were already known to marine biologists but this was the first time that they were found to emit light, or have bioluminescence.
Among the sharks, the kitefin is the largest-known luminous underwater creature, usually found swimming 300 metres below sea level preying on smaller sharks, ground fish and crustaceans.
Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast
What s cooler than a great big shark? A great big, glow-in-the-dark shark.
New Zealand and Belgian researchers have hit the jackpot, discovering three new bioluminescent species off the east coast of New Zealand.
Their discoveries included the largest known luminescent vertebrate, the kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), which can grow to 180 centimetres.
Daylight view (top) and luminescent pattern of the kitefin shark found off the New Zealand coast.(Mallefet, Stevens and Duchatelet)
READ MORE:
Three species of deep water sharks â
Dalatias licha,
Etmopterus lucifer, and
Etmopterus granulosus â were collected from the Chatham Rise off the east coast of the South Island, as bycatch from a hoki trawl survey by Niwa vessel the Tangaroa in January last year.