Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
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https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2024-018 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/425387BD-1A07-FFBA-FCE0-45A5FA7F9F69 |
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Felipe |
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Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
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Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) View in CoL ( Fig. 3 View Figure 3 )
Diagnosis
Body stout, heavy; head broad; snout bluntly rounded to rounded-angular in dorso-ventral view; preoral length short, 4.3-5.4% TL. Eyes small; mouth broad, U-shaped, its width more than twice its length. Pectoral fins broadly triangular. Caudal peduncle short and stout. Postventral margin of caudal fin weakly concave to straight and not subdivided; lower caudal-fin lobe poorly developed (Ebert, 2022).
Distribution
Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, East and South China seas, Gulf of California/ Mexico) ( Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ).
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