🐟Greenland shark
Rekin polarny (Somniosus microcephalus), znany także jako rekin grenlandzki – gatunek ryby koleniokształtnej z rodziny Somniosidae. Dawniej zaliczany był do rodziny scymnowatych (Dalatiidae) i rzędu rekinokształtnych (Galeiformes).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 1,100 kg
- Body length
- 4.27 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 392 years
Everything we know about the Greenland shark
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1,100 kgaverageOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.
By sex
- Female1,100 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length4.27 mmaximum recordedFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female5.5 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan392 yearsrecord 392 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.22FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.22 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanspoisonous to eatFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1,100 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Greenland shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderSqualiformes
- ›familySomniosidae
- ›genusSomniosus
- ›speciesSomniosus microcephalus
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- genusSomniosus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
- subclassElasmobranchii
- genusSomniosus
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