Pacific Northwest Marine Life Encyclopedia – Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
The Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus, often simply referred to as the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to more than 18 ft. (6 m) in length. Many of the sixgills’ closest relatives are extinct, and the living species that are the closest genetically include the dogfish, Greenland Sharks, as well as other six [...]