Mitsukurina

Mitsukurina is a genus of mackerel shark of the family Mitsukurinidae. It contains a single extant species, the deep-sea goblin shark (M. owstoni) and two extinct species.

The genus was described in 1898 by American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan. It was named in honour of the Japanese zoologist Kakichi Mitsukuri. The type species is Mitsukurina owstoni.

Species

 * †Mitsukurina lineata
 * †Mitsukurina maslinensis
 * Mitsukurina owstoni