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Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962

Bigeyed sixgill shark
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Common names: Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Misidentified by Herre (Ref. 280) as Hexanchus griseus; two Dumaguete specimens SU 30642. Also collected from Dipolog City market and Isla Verde, Pulu, Dapitan City (Ref. 47737). Occurrence based on map distribution (Ref. 125614). Also Ref. 247, 13573.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin-vache, Bigeye sixgill shark, Bigeye sixgill shark, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Hexanchiformes (Frill and cow sharks) > Hexanchidae (Cow sharks)
Etymology: Hexanchus: hex (Gr.), six; anchus, etymology unclear, perhaps anchos (Gr.), choke or throttle, referring to how six gill openings of H. griseus extend down onto the throat. (See ETYFish);  nakamurai: In honor of Teng’s colleague Hiroshi Nakamura, Fisheries Experiment Station of the Government-General during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, who illustrated this species as H. griseus in 1936. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 700 m (Ref. 125614), usually 90 - 600 m (Ref. 6574).   Deep-water; 33°N - 36°S, 30°E - 178°W

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