Scientific Name	Heptranchias perlo   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bonnaterre, 1788)	Depth	0 - 1000M
Chinese	尖頭七鰓鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	六鰓鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F032　Hexanchidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	尖吻七鰓鯊
Max Length	140 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	尖頭七鰓鮫、油棘、七鰓沙
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	[La Méditerranée] France, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea
Synonyms	Heptranchias angio, Heptranchias cinereus, Heptranchias dakini, Heptranchias deani, Heptrancus angio, Notidanus cinereus, Notidanus cinereus aetatis, Notidanus cinereus pristiurus, Squalus cinereus, Squalus perlo
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Garrick, J.A.F. etc. 1971 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0066970. ASIZP0070655. ASIZP0800905. ASIZP0800906. ASIZP0806552. ASIZP0916552.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Sharpnose seven-gill shark; One-finned shark; Perlon shark; Sharpnose sevengill shark; Sharpsnout sevengill shark; Sevengill cow shark; Sharp snouted sevengill; Sevengilled shark; Seven-gilled Mediterranean shark; Slender sevengill shark
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Lower Risk/near threatened(NT)  2003-04-30
Characteristic	A small sized seven gill shark species. Head narrow and pointed. Eyes very large. Mouth narrow and parabolic. Lower comblike teeth wide and low, with a few short mesial cusplets, an high cusp, and up to 7 or 8 distal cusplets in adults. Caudal peduncle long, distance from dorsal fin insertion to upper caudal origin longer than twice length of dorsal fin base. Colour grey above, white below. Dorsal fin and upper caudal lobe with black tips.
habitats	A deepwater species. Ovoviviparous, litter size 9-20. Maximum size about 137 cm TL. Size at birth estimated to be about 26 cm. Maturity size are 89-93 cm and 85 cm for both females and males, respectively.
Distribution	Western Atlantic from USA to Cuba and northern Gulf of Mexico, also southern Brazil and Argentina. Eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Angola, also Mediterranean Sea. Indian Ocean including South Africa, southern Mozambique, Aldabra Island, southwestern Indi
Utility	Generally caught by bottom trawls and longlines. Stock size very limited.