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Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Hexanchiformes
family
Hexanchidae
genus
Hexanchus
species
Hexanchus nakamurai

Name

Synonyms
Hexanchus griseus nakamurai Teng, 1962
Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969
Homonyms
Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962
Common names
Bigeye sixgill shark in English
Bigeyed sixgill shark in English
Cañabota Ojigrande in Spanish
Cañabota ojigrande in Spanish
Griset in French
Griset in French
Grootoogzeskieuwshaai in Dutch
Grossaugen-Sechskiemerhai in German
Großaugen-Sechskiemerhai in German
Großaugen-Sechskiemerhai in German
Notidano dagli occhi grandi in Italian
Requin vache in French
Requin vache in French
Requin vache in French
Requin-vache in French
Shirokagura in Japanese
bigeye sixgill shark in English
bigeye sixgill shark in English
bigeye sixgill shark in English
bigeyed sixgill shark in English
bigeyed sixgill shark in English
cazón de seis branquias in Spanish
cazón de seis branquias in Spanish
cazón de seis branquias in Spanish
didžiaakis šešiažiaunis ryklys in Lithuanian
didžiaakis šešiažiaunis ryklys in Lithuanian
pikkukidushai in Finnish
žralok Nakamuraiho in Czech
Μεγαλόματος εξαβράγχιος in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Большеглазая шестижаберная акула in Russian
ששזים in Hebrew
ששזים in Hebrew
ปลาฉลามเหงือกหกช่องตาโต in Thai
シロカグラ in Japanese
シロカグラ in Japanese
中村氏六鰓鯊 in Chinese
六鰓沙 in Chinese
大眼六鰓鮫 in Chinese
長吻六鰓鯊 in Chinese
Bigeyed Sixgill Shark in English
シロカグラ in Japanese
Cañabota Ojigrande in Spanish
Großaugen-Sechskiemerhai in German
Requin Vache in French
bigeye sixgill shark in English
bigeyed sixgill shark in English
cazón de seis branquias in Spanish
didžiaakis šešiažiaunis ryklys in Lithuanian
ששזים in Hebrew
シロカグラ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Herman, J., M. Hovestadt-Euler, and D. C. Hovestadt / M. Stehman, Ed., 1994: Contributions to the study of the comparative morphology of teeth and other relevant ichthyodorulites in living supra-specific taxa of Chondrichthyan fishes. Addendum to part A, No. 1: Order Hexanciformes - Family: Hexanchidae. Odontological results ..... Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 64. 147-163.
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. 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.
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  8. Teng, H.-T. (1962). Classification and distribution of the Chondrichthyes of Taiwan. <em>Ogawa Press, Maizuru, Japan.</em> 1-304. [In Japanese].
  9. 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
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