Cow sharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, 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.[2]
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Cowsharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits. Its 37 species are placed within the 10 genera:...
The sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo), also known as one-finned shark, perlon shark, sevengill cowshark, sharpsnouted sevengill or slender...
tiger shark, blue shark, great white shark, mako shark, thresher shark, and hammerhead shark. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin soup...
phylogenically include the frilled shark to the neoselachian clade (modern sharks and rays) which relates it to the cowshark, in the order Hexanchiformes....
The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus), often simply called the cowshark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to 20 ft (6.1 m) in length...
no nictitating membrane. The frilled sharks of the genus Chlamydoselachus are very different from the cowsharks, and have been proposed to be moved to...
The bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) is a cowshark of the family Hexanchidae. Its dorsal surface has a brownish-gray color, and is sharply...
The tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is a species of ground shark, and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo and family Galeocerdonidae. It is...
The nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is an elasmobranch fish in the family Ginglymostomatidae. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally...
The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a species of shark from the family Carcharhinidae and is classified as a Vulnerable species by the International...
consisting of cowsharks and frilled sharks. These sharks have only 1 dorsal fin, 6-7 gill slits, and no nictitating membrane on the eyes. Cowsharks are fairly...
The blue shark (Prionace glauca), also known as the great blue shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, which inhabits deep...
Shark anatomy differs from that of bony fish in a variety of ways. Variation observed within shark anatomy is a potential result of speciation and habitat...
primitive deep-sea sharks in the order Hexanchiformes. They are one of only two extant families in the order alongside the cowsharks in the family Hexanchidae...
The Sharks' second season in the Cow Palace included a 17-game losing streak and a league record 71 losses. The Sharks ended their run at the Cow Palace...
from the 10 cm (3.9 in) finless sleeper ray to the over 10 m (33 ft) whale shark. The skeleton is cartilaginous. The notochord is gradually replaced by a...
The Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found in the North Pacific on continental shelves and slopes...
Scheffler, S. M.; Sucerquia, P. A.; Carvalho, M. A. (2024). "A new species of cowshark (Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Seymour Island...
bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae...
white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which...
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes /ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz/. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many...
The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae...
Sharks portal The southern sleeper shark, or Whitley's sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus), is a deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the family...
Xampylodon is an extinct genus of cowshark. Fossils assigned to this genus are known from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene. Xampylodon was recently...
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