The strange sighting raises questions about the true distribution of the Greenland shark, which was once believed to be restricted to the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean
Researcher Devanshi Kasana and colleagues caught this sleeper shark—almost certainly a Greenland shark—at Glover’s Reef, Belize. This is the first record of a sleeper shark in the western Caribbean.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
At first, Kasana and the crew weren’t sure what they were looking at. “When that individual came to the surface, we didn't recognize what species it was, even with our combined years of fishing experience,” she says. Greenland sharks are the largest fish in the Arctic Ocean, as well as the only shark found there year-round. Their population levels are not well known, but they are thought to be in decline, and. Although they are sometimes spotted in shallow waters, they can live in waters 7,200 feet deep and tolerate temperatures between 28.4 to 44.6 Fahrenheit .
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