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🐟Frilled shark
The frilled shark, also known as the lizard shark, is one of the two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae. The frilled shark is considered a living fossil, because of its primitive, anguilliform (eel-like) physical traits, such as a dark-brown color, amphistyly, and a 2.0 m (6.6 ft)–long body, which has dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins located towards the tail. The common name, frilled shark, derives from the fringed appearance of the six pairs of gill slits at the shark's throat.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Frilled shark
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length2 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level4.21FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.21 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanstraumatogenicFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderHexanchiformes
- ›familyChlamydoselachidae
- ›genusChlamydoselachus
- ›speciesChlamydoselachus anguineus
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- orderHexanchiformes
- familyChlamydoselachidae
- genusChlamydoselachus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- orderHexanchiformes
- familyChlamydoselachidae
- genusChlamydoselachus
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