Pocket-sized shark squirts clouds of light from pockets
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A pocket-sized pocket shark found in the Gulf of Mexico turns out to be a new species.
And the mysterious pouches that it’s named for? Scientists say they squirt little glowing clouds into the ocean.
Researchers from around the Gulf and in New York have named the species the American pocket shark, or Mollisquama (mah-lihs-KWAH-muh) mississippiensis (MISS-ih-SIP-ee-EHN-sis).
This 5.6-inch (142-millimeter) newborn male fished up in 2010 resembled a (16-inch) 400-mill
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