| Citation | Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998, Hexanchidae. Cowsharks, sixgill, and sevengill sharks.. p. 1208-1210. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Vol. 2. Rome: FAO. |
| Ref. | 13573 Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998 |
| Page | 1210 |
| Named Used as Valid | Hexanchus nakamurai |
| Comment | maximum length, photo, distribution, depth range, common name. |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific off eastern and southern Africa and Japan, Taiwan Province of China, Philippines, New Caledonia, and Australia;90-600m. |
| Quote | Max TL: 1.8 cm. Species uncertain for this part of the distribution, outside distribution range: Eastern Central America and Caribbean Sea, eastern Atlantic from France to Morocco, including the Mediterranean Sea. Probably for Hexanchus vitulus. |