WoRMS taxon details

Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962

105834  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105834)

accepted
Species
Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 · unaccepted > interim unpublished
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and slopes, usually on or near bottom, but occasionally at the surface in the...  
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and slopes, usually on or near bottom, but occasionally at the surface in the tropics. Ovoviviparous with 13 young in a litter. Feeds on small to medium-sized fishes, and probably bottom invertebrates. Length at birth about 43 cm TL. Not dangerous to people as far as is known.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105834 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and slopes, usually on or near bottom, but occasionally at the surface in the tropics. Ovoviviparous with 13 young in a litter. Feeds on small to medium-sized fishes, and probably bottom invertebrates. Length at birth about 43 cm TL. Not dangerous to people as far as is known.  [details]
LanguageName 
English sixgill shark [from synonym]bigeyed sixgill sharkbigeye sixgill shark  [details]
German Großaugen-Sechskiemerhai  [details]
Hebrew ששזים  [details]
Japanese シロカグラ  [details]
Lithuanian didžiaakis šešiažiaunis ryklys  [details]
Spanish cazón de seis branquias  [details]