Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus). Norsk: Kamtannhai.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Bluntnose sixgill shark yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Bluntnose sixgill shark
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The bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) is a large, primitive-looking shark with six gill slits on each side instead of the usual five. It has a broad, blunt snout, small fluorescent green eyes, a single dorsal fin set far back and comb-shaped teeth in the lower jaw. Colour ranges from grey or tan to almost black, often with a paler line along the flanks. It can exceed 4.8 m, the largest of the six- and seven-gilled sharks. It lives in tropical and temperate seas worldwide, mostly below 90 m and down to almost 1,900 m. At night it rises to feed and returns to depth before dawn. It is an opportunistic predator of fish, other sharks, rays, squid and carrion. Females bear live young, sometimes over a hundred in one litter. In Norway it is a rare visitor. It is Not Applicable (NA) on the Norwegian Red List 2021; IUCN lists it as Near Threatened.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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Log your catchHow to register a Norwegian record
- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).