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Bluntnose six-gill shark

Hexanchus griseus

129Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb26
Mar6
Apr12
May9
Jun11
Jul7
Aug11
Sep11
Oct4
Nov19
Dec9

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
129
Peak month
February
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Hexanchus griseus
Group
Fish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Hexanchiformes
Family
Hexanchidae
Genus
Hexanchus
Name with authority
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Described
1788

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q312293 · GBIF 2420569