Record of bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), from Mutsu, Aomori northern Japan

A single male specimen of a bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788), was collected from the western North Pacific, off Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan in January 2015. This is the first record of this species from Aomori Prefecture, and the northern-most record of this specie...

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Published inHokkaidou Daigaku suisan kagaku kenkyuu ihou Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 35 - 37
Main Authors Kawai, Toshio, Kimura, Katsuya, Kawabata, Toru, Jin, Masato
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Hakodate Hokkaido University, School of Fisheries Sciences 01.01.2017
Subjects
Hexanchus griseus
Marine
New records
Taxonomy
INW, Japan, Honshu, Aomori Prefecture, Mutsu
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Summary:A single male specimen of a bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788), was collected from the western North Pacific, off Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan in January 2015. This is the first record of this species from Aomori Prefecture, and the northern-most record of this species around Japanese waters.
ISSN:1346-1842
DOI:10.14943/bull.fish.67.3.35