Recently an angular roughshark was caught in Italy.
A fish described as having the body of a shark and the face of a pig was pulled out of the sea by Italian naval officers, who were astonished by their rare catch.
According to MirrorThe fish was seen in the water at the Darcena Medicia marina in the city of Portoferio on the Italian island of Elba. Sailors pulled it out of the water, ‘crawling’ out of its strange-looking face, but quickly brushed off the possibility of it being a mutant. Instead the fish was identified as the angular rough shark, which lives 2,300 feet below the surface. It is sometimes referred to as the pig-faced shark.
Photos of the sharks were shared on Facebook last Friday and have gone viral on the platform, with over 500 comments and over 1,200 reactions. Many in the comments section said they were surprised by the strange-looking creature, while others criticized Navy officials, believing the shark was caught on purpose.
The angular roughshark is currently listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Although it is endangered, Yuri Tiberto of the local Elba Aquarium said it is not unusual to see the creature in the area.
“In the seas of the Tuscan archipelago, so rich in biodiversity … it is not uncommon to find this fish, and I can safely say that I often find reports about ‘pig fish’ being found in local fishing nets. ends in . .,” he told local media.
“It is commonly called a ‘pig fish’ because it emits a kind of grunt when it comes out of the water,” he said.
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