Bluntnose six-gill shark
Hexanchus griseus
Length | Up to 16 ft, generally under 10 ft |
Description | Olive-green to brownish-gray, becoming paler ventrally, light colored lateral line; fins may have white edges; six long gill slits; broad rounded snout, small green eyes |
Food | Eats crustaceans, mollusks, fishes (including sharks), marine mammals |
Habitat | Coastal and deepwater, near the bottom and in the water column, from the surface to depths of over 6,000 ft |
Reproduction | Aplacental vivipary; litter size 22-108; size at maturity 9.5 ft for males, 13.5 ft for females |