A rare Goblin shark has been filmed in its deep-ocean natural habitat for the first time.
Footage taken by a remotely operated vehicle in 2019 shows the creature, often called one of the ugliest on the planet, swimming at depths of 1,237 metres in the Pacific Ocean, near Jarvis Island.
The second sighting came in 2024, filmed at 1,997 metres in the Tonga Trench.
The 2019 footage had been deemed insignificant at the time, and it was only reanalysed by a researcher following the Tonga Trench sighting. Both sightings have been published in the Journal of Fish Biology.
Previously, the sharks had only ever been seen alive after being hauled to the surface on a fishing line.
