Family – Hexanchidae
Genus – Heptranchias
Species – perlo
Common names
English:Sharpnose sevengill shark, One-finned shark, Perlon shark, Sevengill cow shark, Sevengilled Mediterranean shark, Sevengilled shark, Sharpnose seven-gill shark, Sevenguil snout shark, Sevenguil slender shark
Arabic: Kalb
Finnish: Kapeapäähai
French: Sea dog
German: Aschfarbener Siebenspalthai, Perlon, Kammzähner, Siebenkiemiger kammzähner
Greek: Aletre Eftakarcharias
Angiolo
Japanese: Edo-aburazame
Korean: Kko-ri-gi-rum-sang-o
Mandarin: Jian wen qi sai shi
Portuguese: Albafar bravo, Archote, Bico telegram in korea doce, Cação, Tubarão-de-sete-guelras. Olho-branco
Spanish, Alcatriña, Bocadul, Bocadulce, Cañabota bocadulce
Importance to Humans
Sharpnose sevengill shark. Photo courtesy National Marine Fisheries Service
Sharpnose sevengill shark. Photo courtesy of the National Marine Fisheries Service
Although of minor commercial interest, this shark is primarily caught as bycatch in fisheries using bottom trawls and longlines (Braccini 2008). In North American waters, it occurs in such low numbers that it is of no economic importance (Compagno and Smale, 1989).
World distribution map of the sharpnose shark
Distributed in tropical and temperate regions, the sharpnose shark's range is nearly circumglobal,