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Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
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Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Hexanchiformes
Family Hexanchidae
Genus Hexanchus
Species H. griseus
Conservation Status
NTSpecies
Near Threatened

The Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) is a species of hexanchoid shark. It is the close relative of the Frilled Shark. The Bluntnose Sixgill Shark has been swimming in the oceans since the Jurassic period.

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