Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) 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 a fluorescent green while the shark is alive. The body of this shark is small, slim, and fusiform in shape.
The sixgill sharks are a genus, Hexanchus, of deepwater sharks in the family Hexanchidae. These sharks are characterized by a broad, pointed head, six pairs of gill slits, comb-like, yellow lower teeth, and a long tail.
The Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) is a rare species of hexanchid shark found in the Atlantic Ocean at depths that are greater than 300 meters. [1] These depths are known as mesopelagic and bathypelagic in tropical and temperate waters around the world. [1]
A Bay Area photographer captures juvenile white sharks "smiling" in the warm waters of Monterey Bay.
The broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) is the only extant member of the genus Notorynchus, in the family Hexanchidae.It is recognizable because of its seven gill slits, while most shark species have five gill slits, with the exception of the members of the order Hexanchiformes and the sixgill sawshark.
Experts dissect a sixgill shark on a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife lab table. They determined she likely made a meal of someone’s bait and was killed during the release process.
Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884 (frilled shark) Family Hexanchidae J. E. Gray 1851 (cow sharks) Heptranchias Rafinesque, 1810. Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) (sharpnose sevengill shark) Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810. Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (bluntnose sixgill shark) Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 (bigeyed sixgill shark)