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The shark species "Bigeye sixgill shark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Bigeye sixgill shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Frilled and cow sharks (Hexanchiformes)
Family:
Cow sharks (Hexanchidae)
Genus:
Hexanchus
Names
Scientific:
Hexanchus nakamurai
Synonym:
Hexanchus vitulus
English:
Bigeye sixgill shark
German:
Grossaugen-Sechskiemerhai
French:
Requin vache
Spanish:
Canabota ojigrande
Vulnerability
Category: Near Threatened (NT)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Decreasing




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