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  Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark | Hexanchus griseus photo
A sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) in the Gulf of Mexico.

Image by Operation Deep Scope 2005 Expedition: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution - License: Public Domain.    (view image details)

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark | Hexanchus griseus photo
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Image by U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, - License: Public Domain.    (view image details)

FISH FACTS



Classification
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Hexanchiformes
Family:Hexanchidae
Genus:Hexanchus
Species:griseus
Common Name:Bluntnose Sixgill Shark