'Pig-faced shark' is found

A rare species of shark was found drifting dead in Italy, and its appearance is 'similar to a pig,' which has become a hot topic on SNS.

Sailors'creeped out' after finding animal with body of shark and face of pig --Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/sailors-creeped-out-after-finding-24943440

'Pig-faced Shark' Discovered in Italy Leaves Sailors Baffled. Pictures are Viral
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/pig-faced-shark-discovered-in-italy-leaves-sailors-baffled-pictures-are-viral-4191689.html

Bizarre pig-faced shark found dead in the Mediterranean Sea. Is it real? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/dead-pig-shark-pulled-from-mediterranean-sea

The actual photo is below. The round eyes and Pechan's nose resemble a pig.


From the side is below. For a shark, it has a pretty rugged body.


It is said that this shark was repatriated by an Italian Navy officer on August 19, 2021 near the Italian island of Elba in the Tyrrhenian Sea, floating on the sea after death.

Due to its strange appearance, the discoverers brought it to the Port Authority for investigation and found the shark to be a species of Angular rough shark of the Oxynotidae family. Angular rough shark has been certified as an endangered species by the International Nature Conservation Association , an international nature conservation organization to which the Japanese Environment Agency is a member, and its appearance can be seen because it normally inhabits at a depth of about 700 meters. Although rare, according to the local Elba Aquarium, 'It's quite common to see this fish in the biodiversity of the Tuscan Islands, and many times,'Pig fish' in the fishing net. I have received a report that it took '.' 'The grunt that is made when it is lifted from the water also plays a role in being called a pig fish.'