Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B22B642B-9987-41AB-8792-0F35D2EAD945 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5227569 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/02638790-0D6B-FFB9-FF31-3595FD50FD9F |
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Felipe |
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Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962 |
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Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962 View in CoL — Bigeye Sixgill Shark
Justification: Listed as Hexanchus griseus (junior synonym of H. nakamurai according to Eschmeyer, 2013), and as "occasional" by Clavijo et al. (1980:4).
Distribution: WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, WC, nSA), EA, IWP.
Remarks: This shark occurs as deep as 600 m but may occasionally come to the surface at night in the tropics ( Compagno, 1984a) and has been taken in the Florida Keys in 129– 139 m.
DASYATIDAE —whiptail stingrays (1 species)
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