Megamouth shark "M. applegatei" – have also recently been proposed on the basis of fossilized tooth remains. However, the Cretaceous-aged "M. comanchensis" has been recently reclassified as an odontaspid shark in the genus "Pseudomegachasma", and is in fact unrelated to the megamouth shark despite similar teeth morphology. The appearance of the megamouth is distinctive, but little else is known about it. It has a brownish-black colour on top, is white underneath, and has an asymmetrical tail with a long upper lobe, similar to that of the thresher shark. The interior of its gill slits are lined with finger-like gill rakers that capture
A Fish out of Water (book) A Fish out of Water (book) A Fish out of Water is a 1961 American children's book written by Helen Palmer Geisel (credited as Helen Palmer) and illustrated by P. D. Eastman. The book is based on a short story by Palmer's husband Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), "Gustav, the Goldfish", which was published with his own illustrations in "Redbook" magazine in June 1950. The story is about a boy who buys a fish, named Otto, from a pet store. The store owner, Mr. Carp, gives the boy instructions on how to care for the fish, including strict feeding instructions: "Never