78% of shark and ray species in the Red Sea are classified as threatened, including around 40 species on Israel's coast.
The placoid scales are not seen on speedier shark species, as those species have scales with spaced ridges.
BioDB CEO says shark and ray species are threatened in Israel’s Mediterranean Sea.
A team from the ministry and other authorities was able to capture the shark, adding that local authorities had issued a ban on several beaches near the attack site.
The new shark species was named Apristurus ovicorrugatus, in reference to the strange-looking egg cases that led to the species' discovery.
The attack follows the death in February of a girl mauled by a shark in a river in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.
Shark gills can act as natural radiators, cooling down the blood, muscles and organs of a shark.
An underwater robot sent by Israeli researchers to the depths of the sea of the Gulf of Eilat recently discovered a guitarfish.
The victim reportedly jumped in the water to swim with a pod of dolphins when she was bitten by a shark.
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