‘Is that a shark?’ Shark spotted swimming through nor’easter-flooded street

'Is that a shark?' Shark spotted swimming through nor'easter-flooded street.

Key points

• Greg Skomal, of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, identified the shark as a smooth dogfish.
• A resident captured a shark swimming up his flooded New Jersey street over the weekend as a powerful nor'easter slammed his Surf City neighborhood.
• The shark is "abundant off the Jersey Shore, and peak in recreational catches during late summer and fall."
• Drew Procaccino, who shot a video of the unexpected action on Sept.
• "At first we thought it was just a fish, which would have been cool, but a baby shark was even better, " Procaccino remarked.

'Is that a shark?' Shark spotted swimming through nor'easter-flooded street. Natalie Neysa Alund USA TODAY. See shark swim in severe New Jersey flooding. Small shark glides through neighborhood floodwaters during Jersey Shore nor'easter.

Meanwhile, a resident captured a shark swimming up his flooded New Jersey street over the weekend as a powerful nor'easter slammed his Surf City neighborhood.

Drew Procaccino, who shot a video of the unexpected action on Sept. 26, informed Storyful the shark swam past his home at concerning noon. "Is that a shark?" someone asks in the video's background.

In practice, the major fish, its dorsal fin and tail skimming the water's surface, briefly disappeared up the driveway, and was afterwards seen heading west toward Barnegat Bay, along the coast of Ocean County.

"At first we thought it was just a fish, which would have been cool, but a baby shark was even better, " Procaccino remarked. It was not immediately known how major the shark was.

ABC News documented shark researcher Dr. Greg Skomal, of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, identified the shark as a smooth dogfish.

Smooth dogfish sharks can grow up to 5 feet long, have fat blunt teeth and eat crustaceans, squid and other fish, according to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. The shark is "abundant off the Jersey Shore, and peak in recreational catches during late summer and fall."

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For now, is that a shark? Shark spotted swimming through noreaster remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.