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SpeciesHexanchiformesHexanchidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Nomititis lovulitos

Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Le requin griset ou requin à maquereaux (Hexanchus griseus) est une espèce de requins de la famille des Hexanchidae. À ne pas confondre avec le requin perlon qui est parfois également nommé « requin griset ».

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Also called
Bluntnose six-gill shark, Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
590 kg
Body length
3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Nomititis lovulitos

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Body mass
590 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
3 mrecord 6 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.48
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.48 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

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

Volume l
590 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

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

Not recorded for Nomititis lovulitos yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderHexanchiformes
  5. ›familyHexanchidae
  6. ›genusHexanchus
  7. ›speciesHexanchus griseus
Full lineage
  1. superclassGnathostomata
  2. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  3. subclassElasmobranchii
  4. orderHexanchiformes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. orderHexanchiformes
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In other languages
灰六鳃鲨 (zh), kamtannhai (nb), sześcioszpar szary (pl), Requin griset (fr), Hexanchus griseus (es), Hexanchus griseus (it) … and 24 more languages
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