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Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Bonnaterre, Joseph P. 1788. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris.: i-lvi, 1-215, pls. A-B, 1-100.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Hexanchiformes
family
Hexanchidae
genus
Hexanchus
species
Hexanchus griseus

Name

Synonyms
Hexanchus corinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
Hexanchus griseus australis de Buen, 1960
Monopterhinus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Monopterinus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Notidanus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Notidanus monge Risso, 1827
Notidanus vulgaris Pérez Canto, 1886
Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788
Squalus vacca Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Homonyms
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Common names
6-gilled shark in English
Albafar in Portuguese
Albafar in Portuguese
Albafar in Portuguese
Albafar in Portuguese
Albafara in Spanish
Albafora in Portuguese
Albajar in Spanish
Aletra in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Almindelig seksgællet haj in Danish
Almindelig seksgællet haj in Danish
Altıyarıklı canavar in Turkish
Altıyarıklıcanavar balığı in Turkish
Arbano in French
Arbano in French
Atlantic mud shark in English
Atlantic mud shark in English
Atlantic mudshark in English
Bambakaris in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Bastriuvaca in Spanish
Bastriuvaca in Spanish
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark in English
Bluntnose sixgill shark, Six-gill Shark in English
Boca dolça in Spanish
Boca dolça in Spanish
Boquidulce in Spanish
Boquidulce in Spanish
Bouca douça in French
Bouca douça in French
Bouche douce in French
Bouche douce in French
Boz balığı in Turkish
Boz camgöz in Turkish
Boz camgöz in Turkish
Brandháfur in Icelandic
Brandháfur in Icelandic
Brown shark in English
Brown shark in English
Bull dog shark in English
Bull dog shark in English
Bull shark in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  4. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
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  9. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  10. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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  14. Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em>
  15. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
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  17. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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