Size
Pacific sleeper sharks are reported to reach lengths of up to 25 feet. The average mature size is 3.65 m (12.0 ft) and 318–363 kg (700–800 lb). The largest Pacific sleeper shark verified in size measured 4.4 m (14 ft) long and weighed 888 kg (1,960 lb), although FishBase accepts that it could possibly reach 7 m or more. In 1989, an enormous Pacific sleeper shark was attracted to a bait in deep water outside Tokyo Bay, Japan and filmed. The shark was estimated by Eugenie Clark to be about 7 m (23 ft) long.
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