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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  ELASMOBRANCHII
Order :  HEXANCHIFORMES
Family :  HEXANCHIDAE
Genus :  Hexanchus
Taxon : Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Comment on this entry
Distribution : Albania , Algeria , American Samoa , Angola , Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brazil , Canada , Cape Verde , Chile , China , Comoros , Cook Islands , Costa Rica , Côte d'Ivoire , Croatia , Cuba , Cyprus , Denmark , Egypt , Faeroe Islands , Fiji , France , Germany , Gibraltar , Greece , Hong Kong , Iceland , Indonesia , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Japan , Lebanon , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , Macao , Madagascar , Malaysia , Malta , Marshall Islands , Mauritania , Mexico , Monaco , ? Montenegro , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Netherlands , New Zealand , Nicaragua , Nigeria , Norway , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Philippines , Portugal , Samoa , Senegal , Seychelles , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Syrian Arab Republic , Taiwan, Province of China , Tunisia , Turkey , Tuvalu , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , United States of America , Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) , Viet Nam , Western Sahara
Distribution key
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Distribution is recorded to the level of country or, in some instances, to a sub-country level of Biological Recording Unit (BRU). This recognises areas to the regional/state level of larger countries, as well as larger islands of particular biological importance. If distribution data are not complete, or not known to be complete, this is indicated. Global distribution maps are available for each taxon.

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Aquatic Distribution Atlantic - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central,
Indian Ocean - eastern, western,
Mediterranean and Black Sea,
Pacific - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
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