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Notorynchus cepedianus 2🐟

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SpeciesHexanchiformesHexanchidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Broadnose sevengill shark

Notorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807)

שש-זימי רחב-אף (שם מדעי: Notorynchus cepedianus) הוא מין יחיד בסוגו של כריש מסדרת השש זימאים.

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Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
59 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
49 years
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Everything we know about the Broadnose sevengill shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
59 kgrecord 107 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

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

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

Maximum lifespan
49 yearsrecord 49 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 89
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.68
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.68 (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

Volume l
59 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 Broadnose sevengill shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderHexanchiformes
  5. ›familyHexanchidae
  6. ›genusNotorynchus
  7. ›speciesNotorynchus cepedianus
Full lineage
  1. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  2. subclassElasmobranchii
  3. orderHexanchiformes
  4. genusNotorynchus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. orderHexanchiformes
  9. genusNotorynchus
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扁头哈那鲨 (zh), Notorynchus cepedianus (it), Breitnasen-Siebenkiemerhai (de), Notorynchus cepedianus (es), Notorynchus cepedianus (fr), hétkopoltyús tehéncápa (hu) … and 22 more languages
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