Since you won’t find one of these Tater Sharks in any of your Zoology books (LOL), I had to do a little scientific investigation to write this description for you.

1. The Tater Shark is not a true shark because having a bony skelteon it isn’t from the Chondrichthyes class like other sharks.

2. A Tater Shark doesn’t have any dermal denticles either, but it does have some slime that has dried to a scale like texture one would find on a bony fish which will need to be rubbed off at some point in time!

3. The Tater Shark’s fins are more closely likened to those of a cartilaginous fish than a bony fish in that they are thicker and more rubbery than the thin transparent fins of bony fish. See close up picture of the fin below.

4. The Tater Shark has a bladder more like that of a bony fish than a shark so it is more bouyant than a shark allowing it to swim closer to the surface as compared to bottom swimming sharks.

5. The Tater Shark is like neither a bony nor cartilaginous fish when it comes to breathing. It can take in water through its mouth like a bony fish but it sends the shark jumping quickly up and out of the water coughing out a spout of steam like a whale pushing air through its blowhole.

6. Just like any other shark, the Tater Shark is a fascinating creature which huants the seas. Its body streamlined in a perfect fusiform shape for super fast swimming. Notice the perfect form below.

We spotted this exact same Tater Shark last year in the Caribbean and were pleasantly surprised to see it show up again here in Hawaii. It must use its keen sense of hearing to track us wherever we go!