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Cow Sharks
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Cow Sharks

Hexanchidae

Cow sharks are a family, the Hexanchidae, of sharks characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits. Its 37 species are placed within the 10 genera Gladioserratus, Heptranchias, Hexanchus, Notidanodon, Notorynchus, Pachyhexanchus, Paraheptranchias, Pseudonotidanus, Welcommia, and Weltonia.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 5 known species

broadnose sevengill sharks

genusNotorynchus

Sixgill Sharks

genusHexanchus

sharpnose sevengill sharks

genusHeptranchias

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85823.