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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

First-of-its-kind deep-sea ‘ghost’ shark with rare genetic disorder caught

Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities affect endangered marine species living near the sea floor.

They caught the critically endangered angular rough shark, Oxynotus centrina, with abnormal colouration off Albania’s coast.

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