Salmon Shark, Lamna ditropis

salmon shark, Lamna ditropis, with copepod parasites trailing from fins, Port Fidalgo, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA,; this apex predator, sometimes called the Pacific Ocean porbeagle, is a mackerel shark in the order Lamniformes; it swims in cold water, but is warm-blooded (homeothermic)

Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

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