A GRUESOME breed of shark has been discovered living off the coast of

Scotland.

The sofa shark, or false catfish, was discovered by Marine Scotland while they

were conducting a deep sea survey.

The creature, which resembles a blobfish, lives at depths of between 500 and

1400 m and is rarely seen because it swims so close to the bottom of the

ocean.

The sofa shark looks very distinctive and is up to three metres in length, has

long, narrow eyes and large mouth and broad head.

It scrambles across the ocean floor eating eels, squid, octopus and shrimp.

It has never been found living in Scottish waters before.

The sofa shark is in a close contest with the suitably-named goblin shark for

the title of world’s ugliest shark.