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Goblin shark

The goblin shark is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Mitsukurina owstoni
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Discovery date: 1898
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Mitsukurinidae
Genus: Mitsukurina