Very slender-bodied sharks with a low spineless dorsal fin very far back on body opposite anal fin and a long pointed caudal fin without distinct lower lobe or notch. Gill-slits 6, wide, the first continuous across throat, the others almost so, the slits with frill-like appendages. Mouth subterminal. Ovoviviparous. Feeding on fishes. Mesopelagic or benthic in deepwater of temperate seas; rarely caught and of no commercial importance.
Genus 1.
Recent revisions: Bass et al. (1975).
Kingdom Animalia Class Chondrichthyes Family Chlamydoselachidae
Bass, A. J.; D'Aubrey, J. D.; Kistnasamy, N. 1975. Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. V. The families Hexanchidae, Chlamydoselachidae, Heterodontidae, Pristiophoridae and Squatinidae. Invest. Rep. Oceonogr. Res. Inst. Durban, (43): 1-50, 12 fig., 9 pl.
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