Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 21

Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962 — 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)