Family Hexanchidae - Cow sharks
  Order
:
Hexanchidae
  Class
:
Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 3 | Species : 5 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Jurassic    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Most species are deepwater inhabitants of the outer continental shelves and upper continental slopes down to at least 1875 m depth. Gill openings 6 in Hexanchus, 7 in Heptranchias and Notorynchus. Margin of first gill discontinuous across throat. Mouth subterminal with large, bladelike, comb-shaped teeth in lower jaw. One dorsal fin. Caudal fin with strong subterminal notch. Cow sharks are ovoviviparous and lack a yolk-sac placenta. They feed on relatively large marine organisms, including other sharks, rays, bony fish, crustacean and carrion. Species range in size from 140 to 480 cm. hexa- (gr.) = six
  Etymology
:
Greek, exa = six + Greek, agchone = to strangle ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Hexanchidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
Monopterinus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Notidanus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Squalus vacca Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Notidanus monge Risso, 1827
synonymjuniororiginal
Hexanchus corinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal
! Hexanchus corinum Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal
Notidanus vulgaris Pérez Canto, 1886
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Hexanchus griseus (non Bonnaterre, 1788)
misappliedmisappliednew
Notidanus griseus (non Bonnaterre, 1788)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hexanchus vitulus (non Springer & Waller, 1969)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Hexanchus nakamurai (non Teng, 1962)
misappliedmisappliednew
Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus perlo Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
! Heptranchus perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Squalus cinereus Gmelin, 1789
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptranchias cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
synonymjuniornew
Notidanus cinereus (Gmelin, 1789)
synonymjuniornew
! Heptrancus angio Costa, 1857
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptranchias angio Costa, 1857
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptranchias deani Jordan & Starks, 1901
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal
Notorynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus cepedianus Péron, 1807
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Notorhynchus cepedianus (Péron, 1807)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniornew
Notidanus indicus Agassiz, 1838
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptanchus indicus (Agassiz, 1838)
synonymjuniornew
Notorynchus indicus (Agassiz, 1838)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Notorynchus maculatum Ayres, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptanchus pectorosus (Garman, 1884)
synonymjuniornew
Notorynchus pectorosus (Garman, 1884)
synonymjuniornew
! Heptrachias pectorosus Garman, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
Notidanus ferox Pérez Canto, 1886
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Notidanus medinae Philippi, 1902
synonymjuniororiginal
Notidanus wolniczkyi Philippi, 1902
synonymjuniororiginal
Heptranchias spilotus Lahille, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Notorhynchus ocellatus Devincenzi, 1920
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
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