Have you ever seen an orange shark? The above fish was caught this month by Garvin Watson in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. This was a 6-foot 6-inch nurse shark. Watch this video. That catch made me wonder about other oddities in nature. For example, is there a red shark? The answer, apparently, is no. I once had an elaborate aquarium, a few fish were red-tailed black sharks . However, this fish belongs to the carp family, and only the tail, caudal penuncle, was red. Mine only grew to maybe three inches, but these can get up to 6 inches. They are found in Thailand. There is also the rainbow shark , also from Southeast Asia. The reddest of these aquarium fish identified as a shark (and all of them aren't sharks), is the albino rainbow shark. A similar fish specie is the Galactic Purple Shark. About real sharks, there is a lemon shark , but the skin is only somewhat yellowish. Grows to 11 feet. There ar...

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