Image: Porbeagle embryo

Porbeagle embryo

A 35 cm long Porbeagle embryo that was collected off Hobart in November 1995. The distended stomach of this specimen is full of egg yolk from ingested eggs.

Photographer:
T. Carter
Rights:
© CSIRO
Common name:
Porbeagle
Scientific name:
Lamna nasus
Family:
Lamnidae
Order:
Lamniformes

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Porbeagle, embryo, Lamna nasus, Lamnidae,