While fishing for bony fish off the Chilean coast, some fishermen made an unexpected discovery in their gill nets they had captured a species believed to be lost. Described in 1887 as the Chilean angel shark, this small, flat shark resembling a ray lives in shallow coastal waters. However, a recent study published in the European Journal of Taxonomy (April 25th) suggested that the initial description was incomplete and inaccurate, according to The Miami Herald.
Rest of World News: Artisanal fishermen off the Chilean coast accidentally rediscovered a presumed lost species, the Chilean angel shark, described in the 1880s. A recent