Image: Gill slits and pectoral fin base of the Broadnose Shark

Gill slits of a 2 m long Broadnose Shark caught in nets off Coaldale Beach, south of Sydney, New South Wales. (AMS I.39213-001).

Photographer:

Stuart Humphries

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

Broadnose Shark

Scientific name:

Notorynchus cepedianus

Family:

Hexanchidae

Last Updated: 7 July 2012

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