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Hexanchidae

2 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Hexanchiformes › Hexanchidae

Hexanchus griseus, the bluntnose sixgill shark, is a widely distributed deep-dwelling shark named for its six gill slits.

Notorynchus cepedianus, the broadnose sevengill shark, is a large spotted shark found across several temperate coastal ocean regions.

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