Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
Hexanchus griseus
Six gill slits instead of five, a body plan essentially unchanged for 200 million years, and a habit of rising from 1,000 m to feed at night.
Also known as: Sixgill · Cow shark
World record
Clemens Rump · Ascension Island · 2002
Overview
- Scientific name
- Hexanchus griseus
- Family
- Hexanchidae
- Max length
- 15' 10"
- Typical length
- 9' 10"
- Max weight
- 1,300 lb
- Depth range
- 50–2500 m
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Fight
- Table quality
How to catch it
Deep baits at 200–600 m after dark. Enormous, slow-growing and best left alone once identified.
How big does it get?
What turns up on an ordinary day, and what a very good one looks like. Almost nobody catches a maximum-size fish — this is the honest spread.
1.8 m angler
Character
What this fish is actually like to catch.
Where it lives
Its band in the water column, against the ocean's real depth zones.
When to fish for it
Relative catch activity through the year, northern hemisphere.
Distribution
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Top catches on FishRankings
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Log a catch3 Related species
| Species | Species | Worth | Max length | World record | Depth zone | Fight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus | 219 | 9' 10" | 61 lb 12 oz | Midnight zone Saltwater | ||
| Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria | 208 | 3' 11" | 38 lb 13 oz | Midnight zone Saltwater | ||
| Giant Red Shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea | 114 | 8.9" | 4.2 oz | Midnight zone Saltwater | Data deficient |
"Worth" is what a catch of that species is worth before any of your own skill counts — higher means harder to find and harder to beat.