Bluntnose sixgill shark
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The bluntnose sixgill shark, often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to 18 ft in length. It is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Its diet varies wid
Hexanchus griseus
1877 drawing of the bluntnose sixgill shark
The Bluntnose sixgill shark is one of few shark species that have six gill pairs, rather than five as in most other sharks
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Bigeyed sixgill shark
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The bigeyed sixgill shark is a cow shark of the family Hexanchidae. Its dorsal surface has a brownish-gray color, and is sharply separated from the light coloring of its ventral surface. The eyes are
Bluntnose sixgill shark
…habitat. The bluntnose sixgill is a species of sixgill shark, of genus Hexanchus, which also consists of two other species: the bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) and the Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus). By analyzing their base pairs of mitochondrial genes COI and ND2, these species can be easily…
Hexanchus nakamurai JNC2615 body 1
Protocotyle euzetmaillardi
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Upper teeth