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Bluntnose six-gill shark
Bluntnose six-gill shark
(Hexanchus griseus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Hexanchiformes
Family
Hexanchidae
Genus
Hexanchus
(1)
Size
Length: 3.50 – 4.80 m
(2)
Weight
480 – 720 kg
(2)
Status
Classified as Lower Risk/near threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
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