'Shark' spotted swimming in flooded Florida neighbourhood – video

Photos and videos of sharks and other marine life swimming in suburban flood waters make for popular hoaxes during heavy storms. But a mobile phone video filmed during Hurricane Ian's assault on south-west Florida isn't just another fishy story.

A large, dark fish with distinct dorsal fins was filmed thrashing around an inundated Fort Myers backyard. Experts were divided over whether the clip showed a shark or another large fish. Nevertheless, some Twitter users nicknamed the hapless fish the 'street shark'

• Shark tale? Video of large fish in flooded Florida yard goes viral