Megamouth shark to more than half the worldwide total. Specimens have also been sighted in or come out of the waters near Hawaii, California, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil, Senegal, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and possibly Vietnam. On March 30, 2009, off Burias Island in the Philippines, an 880- to 1,100-pound (400- to 500-kg) megamouth shark died while struggling in a fisherman's net and was subsequently taken to nearby Donsol in Sorsogon province, where it was examined by scientists, before being butchered and sold. On June 12, 2011, a 3-m (10-ft) dead juvenile male was found by fishermen near the western Baja
Feeder fish overcrowded or otherwise sub-optimal environment, they may also carry bacterial infections and parasites, which can be passed along to fish that eat them. A major disadvantage of using feeder fish, particularly goldfish, is that they do not actually simulate what tropical fish eat in the wild. Several fast-growing and hardy species are commonly sold and used as feeder fish. Depending on the locality, feeder fish may include: Although the use of feeder fish is fairly common in the United States, in the United Kingdom it is much less common, with aquarists and hobby magazines in Britain generally rejecting the use