Hexanchidae

sixgill shark

Hexanchus griseus

After nightfall it rises toward the surface

• Gray
• Tropical
• Circumpolar Antarctic
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Polar regions
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

sixgill shark is a marine fish of Circumglobal with patchy distribution and possibly absent from Arctic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 600 cm.