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Gray Shark
Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Squaliformes »  family Dalatiidae

Scientific synonyms

Leiodon echinatum Wood, 1846
Scymnus glacialis Faber, 1829
Scymnus gunneri Thienemann, 1828
Scymnus micropterus Valenciennes, 1832
Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818
Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820
Squalus carcharis Gunnerus, 1766
Squalus microcephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Squalus norvegianus Blainville, 1825
Squalus squatina (non Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

= Greenland Shark
= Ground Shark
= Gurry Shark
= Oakettle

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IUCN category:Near Threatened
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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/25426] [as Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
EN ARKive [/greenland-shark/somniosus-microcephalus/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [138]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [60213] [as Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
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