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Family
Hexanchidae
Gray 1851
Family
Family
Hierarchy
Hierarchy
General
General
Description
cow sharks
AuthorWI
Gray [J. E.]
AuthorNI
Gray
Year
1851
Status
Valid
Notes
Reproductive mode yolksac viviparity. Mostly deepwater inhabitants of outer continental shelf and upper slope, insular shelves and slopes, and submarine canyons, to at least 2 500 m deep, and found near bottom or well above it; however, some species also occur in shallow bays, close inshore and near surface. Worldwide in boreal and cold-temperate to tropical seas. Three genera and 4 species, all in WIO.
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Hexanchiformes
Suborder
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Superfamily
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