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3 unusual facts about Jack Garrick


Bignose shark

Phylogenetic studies published by Jack Garrick in 1982 and Leonard Compagno in 1988, based on morphology, placed the bignose shark in the "obscurus group" of Carcharhinus, centered on the dusky shark (C. obscurus) and the Galapagos shark (C. galapagensis).

Jack Garrick

He is the species authority for several types of sharks, including the New Zealand lanternshark.

Largetooth cookiecutter shark

The largetooth cookiecutter shark was originally described by Jack Garrick and Stewart Springer, in a 1964 issue of the scientific journal Copeia.



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