This clip shows a Bluntnose Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus, at a depth of 500 m, 30 km north-west of Exmouth, Western Australia.
The footage was shot in August 2005. It was taken by a Subsea 7 ROV working from the Transocean Jack Bates drilling rig. More information and larger versions of this movie can be found on the SERPENT website.Last, P.R. & J.D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO. Pp. 513.
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