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Nomititis lovulitos
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species of shark (Hexanchus griseus)
OverviewAI-generated
The subject is identified in the provided records as *Hexanchus griseus*, a species of marine shark. It belongs to the family Hexanchidae and the order Hexanchiformes within the class Elasmobranchii and phylum Chordata. The taxon is accepted under the authority of Bonnaterre, 1788, and is commonly known as the bluntnose sixgill shark.
Its range includes Brazil and New Guinea, with additional records noting Chile Central. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Near Threatened in 2020.
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Species
Near Threatenedbluntnose sixgill shark
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderHexanchiformes
- FamilyHexanchidae
Chile Central
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to 18 ft (5.5 m) in length. It is found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide and its diet is widely varied by region.
The bluntnose sixgill is a species of sixgill sharks, of genus Hexanchus, a genus that also consists of two other species: the bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) and the Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus). Through their base pairs of mitochondrial genes COI and ND2, these three species of sixgills widely differ from one another.
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