Discovery
The first megamouth was captured on November 15, 1976 about 25 miles off the coast from Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi when it became entangled in the sea anchor of United States Navy ship AFB-14. Examination of the 14 1/2-foot (4.5-m), 1650-pound (750-kilogram) specimen by Leighton Taylor showed it to be an entirely unknown type of shark, making it one of the more sensational discoveries in 20th-century ichthyology (see also coelacanth).
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