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SpeciesHexanchiformesChlamydoselachidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Frilled shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884

Kaulushai (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) on kaulushaikaloihin kuuluva syvissä vesissä elävä kalalaji. Se on ainoa nykyään elävä laji kaulushaiden heimossa (Chlamydoselachidae).

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Also called
Chlamydoselachus anguineus, Lizard Shark, Scaffold Shark
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
2 mmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.21
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.21 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderHexanchiformes
  5. ›familyChlamydoselachidae
  6. ›genusChlamydoselachus
  7. ›speciesChlamydoselachus anguineus
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. orderHexanchiformes
  3. familyChlamydoselachidae
  4. genusChlamydoselachus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. orderHexanchiformes
  9. familyChlamydoselachidae
  10. genusChlamydoselachus
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Kragehai (nb), 棘沙 (zh), قرش مزركش (ar), Kravehaj (da), Kragenhai (de), Πτυχωτός καρχαρίας (el) … and 26 more languages
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