Cetorhinus maximus

angolDistinguished from all other sharks by the enormous gill slits practically encircling the head; dermal denticle gill rakers; pointed snout; huge, sub terminal mouth with minute hooked teeth; caudal peduncle with strong lateral keels, and lunate caudal fin. Body covered with placoid scales. Blackish to grey-brown, grey, or blue-grey, often with irregular white blotches under the head and abdomen (Ref. 43278). Also Ref. 309, 5983.

• Polyprosopus macer Couch, 1862
• Cetorhinus rostratus (Macri, 1819)
• Cetorhinus normani Siccardi, 1961
• Selache maxima (Gunnerus, 1765)
• Halsydrus pontoppidiani Fleming, 1817
• Scoliophis atlanticus Anonymous, 1817
• Cetorhinus blainvillei de Brito Capello, 1869
• Halsydrus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
• Squalus homianus Blainville, 1810
• Squalus rashleighanus Couch, 1838
• Squalus rhinoceros DeKay, 1842
• Cetorhinus maximus normani (Siccardi, 1961)
• Selache maximum (Gunnerus, 1765)
• Selachus pennantii Cornish, 1885
• Selache maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
• Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953
• Squalis gunneri Blainville, 1816
• Squalus cetaceus Gronow, 1854
• Tetroras angiova Rafinesque, 1810
• Hannovera aurata van Beneden, 1871
• Cetorhinus maximus f. infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953
• Squalus rostratus Macri, 1819
• Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765
• Squalus gunnerianus Blainville, 1810
• Squalis shavianus Blainville, 1816
• Squalus peregrinus Blainville, 1810
• Halsydrus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
• Selache elephas (Le Sueur, 1822)
• Squalus elephas Lesueur, 1822
• Tetroras maccoyi Barrett, 1933
• Tetraoras angiova Rafinesque, 1810
• Squalus pelegrinus Blainville, 1810
• Squalus isodus Macri, 1819
• Cetorhinus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)