Real photoREAL PHOTO

bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) specimen
← Back to catalog

Hexanchidae

bigeye sixgill shark

Hexanchus nakamurai

Up to twenty six pups share a litter

  • Cross-climate
  • Temperate
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Elongated
  • Large

bigeye sixgill shark is a marine fish from Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 206 cm.

Maximum length
206 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: patchily distributed in most warm-temperate and tropical seas.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

Generating…