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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Chondrichthyes]] |
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| subclassis = [[Elasmobranchii]] |
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| ordo = [[Hexanchiformes]] |
| ordo = [[Hexanchiformes]] |
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| familia = [[Hexanchidae]] |
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| Bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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| Species: | H. griseus
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| Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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Template:Sharksportal The bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to more than 15.5 feet (4.8 metres) in length.
The bluntnose sixgill shark has the largest litters of any hexanchoid, ranging from 22 to 108 pups, each about 28 inches (70 centimetres) long. This species typically inhabits depths greater than 300 feet (90 metres), and has been recorded as deep as 6,150 feet (1,875 metres). Like many deep-sea creatures, the bluntnose sixgill is known to undertake nightly vertical migrations (travelling surfaceward at night, returning to the depths before dawn).
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References
- Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
- "Hexanchus griseus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 23 January.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Hexanchus griseus" in FishBase. 09 2005 version.
External links
- Information on H. griseus from ReefQuest Center for Shark Research
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