1. First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (family Megachasmidae) in the tropical western North Atlantic Ocean
2. Megamouth – a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands;Taylor;Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences,1983
3. First megamouth shark from the western Indian Ocean and South Africa;Smale;South African Journal of Science,2002
4. Compagno, LJV (2001) Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). In FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. Rome: FAO, No. 1 (Vol. 2.), 269 pp.
5. A specimen of megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios from western Australia;Berra;Records of the Western Australian Museum,1990