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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Hexanchiformes
Family Hexanchidae
Genus Hexanchus
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Provider:

Pofeng Lee& Shoou-Jeng Joung

Synonyms：

Hexanchus corinum, Hexanchus corinus, Hexanchus griseus australis, Monopterinus griseus, Notidanus monge, Notidanus vulgaris, Squalus griseus, Squalus vacca

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001);

FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world

Character:

A big-sized, heavy-bodied, broad-headed six gill shark. Body rather stout. Head rounded to bluntly pointed. Eyes small. Lower jaw usually with 6 rows of large, comblike teeth on each side, these with relatively short cusps. Dorsal fin close to upper caudal origin, caudal peduncle short and stout. Distance from dorsal fin insertion to upper caudal origin about equal or slightly greater than length of dorsal base.

Habitat:

A marine and benthic or pelagic species. Live on the continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. A deepwater, sluggish but strong swimming shark. Ovoviviparous, number of embryos very large, 22-108. Maximum total length at least 482 cm. Females mat

Distribution:

Western Atlantic from north Carolina to Florida, USA, northern Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, southern Brazil to northern Argentina. Eastern Atlantic from Iceland, Norway to Senegal. Indian Ocean including off South Africa, southe

Utility:

Usually taken by line gear, gill-net, traps and pelagic and bottom trawls. Utilized fresh, frozen, dried salted for human consumption.

Name Code:

383118

IUCN Red List:NT

Marine