sharpnose sevengill shark

Heptranchias perlo

Fluorescent green eyes above seven gill slits

Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
East Asia
North America
Oceania
South America
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Large

sharpnose sevengill shark is a marine fish from Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, excluding the northeast. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 137 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Cow and Frilled Sharks
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Heptranchias
Maximum length: 137 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, excluding the northeast Pacific (Ref. 13573 ). Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Cuba, then from Venezuela to Argentina (Ref. 6871 ). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia, including the Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 247 ). Indian Ocean: southwestern India, Aldabra Island, southern Mozambique, and South Africa (Ref. 247 ). Western Pacific: Japan to China, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: off northern Chile (Ref. 247 ).
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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