#pity because AK piling sharks and chimaeras into just one operator and denying us of any future shark operators but then again

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This depiction is a little outdated (pre-2013) after CT scans revealed a shorter jaw and tighter tooth whorl

image source original article

And Helicoprion is technically not a shark... they're closer to ratfishes/chimaeras, although specter's CN name (灵鲨, ghost shark) is also a informal name for Chimaeras (in english tho, the CN term is apparently 银鲛目) and her nun headpiece design does reflect their floppier(??) fin appearance than regular sharks so technically you can say she is both I guess. I'm guessing they just lumped it together because of how she was experimented on by Amaia and friends (because the sharks in her e2 are like Fucked Up) which is cool but also a pity

You can see how modern sharks are all on the left so they're more like distant cousins

Nat Geo article for a little further reading

Source for that tree and very cute gallery about the various depictions of Helicoprion over the years

Just remembered I did a scruffy analysis on her sharks when unchained dropped so yeag

Specter using a circular saw based on the weapon of her direct inspiration, Valtr the Beast Eater, was also the funniest possible bit of foreshadowing as to what kind of shark she could be, a Helicoprion: