Shark – Six-Gilled (Hexanchus griseus)

Shark – Six-Gilled (Hexanchus griseus)

NEW RECORD SIX-GILLED SHARK – Joe Waldis from Switzerland with his new record of 480 kg taken off Carrigaholt, Co. Clare on 16th June 2009

NEW RECORD SIX-GILLED SHARK – Joe Waldis from Switzerland with his new record of 480 kg taken off Carrigaholt, Co. Clare on 16th June 2009

Specimen weight: 45.359 kg (100 lbs)
Record: 480 kg, Carrigaholt, 2009

A fairly large shark, brownish in colour, with six gills instead of the usual five on either side of its throat. Long tail. A single dorsal fin; anal fin present.

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