Rare cyclops shark caught in Mexico - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "An extremely rare cyclops shark has been confirmed in Mexico, with a single functioning eye at the front of its head.
Fisher Enrique Lucero León found the unusual male embryo inside a pregnant dusky shark he legally caught near Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California.
The 22-inch-long fetus has a single functioning eye at the front of its head, National Geographic reported.
In contrast, its nine siblings were normal.
"(Leon) said, That's incredible—wow," said biologist Felipe Galván-Magaña, of the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences in La Paz, Mexico.
The single eye indicates a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including humans.
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