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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae Cow sharks

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5 species

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Photo by Flescher, D.

Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 140 cm TL
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Heptranchias perlo
[Sharpnose sevengill shark]
Photo by Murch, A.

Circumglobal with patchy
Max. Length 600 cm TL
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Photo by Murch, A.
 
Hexanchus griseus
[Bluntnose sixgill shark]
Photo by Murch, A.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 206 cm TL
Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962
Photo by Murch, A.
 
Hexanchus nakamurai
[Bigeyed sixgill shark]
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Max. Length 230 cm TL
 
Hexanchus vitulus
[Atlantic bigeye sixgill shark]
Photo by Murch, A.

Circumglobal
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Notorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807)
Photo by Murch, A.
 
Notorynchus cepedianus
[Broadnose sevengill shark]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Heptranchias perlo Sharpnose sevengill shark Circumglobal in tropical 140 TL 1788
Hexanchus griseus Bluntnose sixgill shark Circumglobal with patchy 600 TL 1788
Hexanchus nakamurai Bigeyed sixgill shark Indo-West Pacific 206 TL 1962
Hexanchus vitulus Atlantic bigeye sixgill shark Atlantic Ocean 230 TL 1969
Notorynchus cepedianus Broadnose sevengill shark Circumglobal 300 TL 1807



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