Cow Sharks - Family: Hexanchidae
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Sharp-nose Seven-gill Shark - Heptranchias perlo
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Blunt-nose Six-gill Shark - Hexanchus griseus
(possible occurrence) |
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Big-eye Six-gill Shark - Hexanchus nakamurai
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
> Subclass: Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
> Infraclass: Selachii (Sharks)
> Superorder: Squalomorphi (Squalean Sharks)
> Order: Hexanchiformes (Cow- and Frilled Sharks)
> Family: Hexanchidae (Cow Sharks)
> Genus: Heptranchias
> Species: H. perlo - Sharp-nose Seven-gill Shark
> Genus: Hexanchus
> Species: H. griseus - Blunt-nose Six-gill Shark ^
> Species: H. nakamurai - Big-eye Six-gill Shark
^ = possibly
* = likely
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