Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Mitsukurina
Genus: Mitsukurina
Species: Mitsukurina owstoni
Subspecies: There are no known subspecies
Existence: As far back as 125 million years ago and early Cretaceous period
Closest living relative: the thresher shark
Three Ancestors: Scapanorhynchus, Early lamniform sharks, primitive cartilaginous fish
Physical description: pinkish gray body with translucent skin, elongated flat snout with an extendable jaw and very sharp teeth, soft body that's adapted for deep waters.
Size: 10-13 feet, 300-400 pounds, lives for 30-35 years however this could be inaccurate because not too much info is known.
Males and females: females are generally larger than males. Males have external reproductive organs
Very deep water minimum (1300 meters)
Have to be in dark water which is typically at the bottom of the ocean
They live near isopods, dragonfish, cephalopods, decopods, and crustaceans
Very barren terrain because of how deep they are
Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ocean
Not invasive anywhere due to the very particular climate they have to live in
It eats isopods, dragonfish, cephalopods, decopods, and crustaceans
It eats a few hundred to 1000 calories per day but since little information is known about them its hard to know
Its an active predator so it will seek out its food but most of the time its pretty lazy
It lives alone and is rarley seen in groups
since they live alone there is no community structure and the depth they live is very deep so its hard to research
Their interactions with other goblin sharks are limited to mating seasons.