A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Hexanchidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| sharpnose sevengill sharkHeptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluntnose sixgill sharkHexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye sixgill sharkHexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sixgill sharkHexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| broadnose sevengill sharkNotorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807) | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.