Scientists Mistake Toy for Rare Shark Sighting

Marine biologists have retracted their claim of the first sighting of a goblin shark in the Mediterranean Sea after social media users pointed out that the photo they published may actually show a plastic toy instead. The original photo has been completely removed from the article, with the authors admitting that the 'available information was not adequate' to support their claim. The authors initially published their photo in Mediterranean Marine Science in May last year as part of a larger collection of evidence of 21 species that had been spotted in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.