Frilled shark

The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a deep-sea shark with an elongated, eel-like body and six pairs of frilled gill slits.

Shark: A cartilaginous fish in the superorder Selachimorpha, with gill slits and fins that lack bony rays. The frilled shark belongs to this broader group of fishes.
Predation: An ecological interaction in which one organism captures and consumes another. The frilled shark is a predator that captures prey in the deep sea.
Chlamydoselachus africana: A species of frilled shark described from waters off southern Africa. It is the frilled shark’s closest named congener, distinguished by anatomy and range.
Cow shark: A shark in the family Hexanchidae, typically bearing six or seven pairs of gill slits. Cow sharks share the unusually high number of gill slits that distinguishes these lineages.
Deep-sea fish: A fish adapted to life in the ocean’s deep, dark regions. The frilled shark belongs to a poorly observed community of deep-water fishes.
Cartilaginous fish: A fish whose skeleton is made primarily of cartilage rather than bone. Its skeleton follows the defining pattern of this vertebrate group.
Suction feeding: A feeding method that draws prey into the mouth by rapidly expanding the oral cavity. Its large mouth and flexible jaws may help it seize prey by suction.
List of sharks: A taxonomic listing of the living and extinct members of the shark group. This list situates the frilled shark among the diversity of shark species.
Hexanchiformes: An order of sharks that includes cow sharks and frilled sharks. The frilled shark is classified within this order of sharks.
Shark conservation: The study and practice of protecting shark populations and their habitats. Limited catch records make the species’ population trends difficult to assess.

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Goblin sharkCompared with: It is another unusual deep-sea shark, but its body plan differs sharply from the goblin shark’s.