Scientific name: Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Popular names: Greenland shark, sleeper shark, gurry shark, ground shark etc.
Danish names: Grønlandshaj
Family: Somniosidae (sleeper sharks)
Distribution: North Atlantic Ocean
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Depth:
Max. size: ~ 7 meter / ~ 1000 kg
| Videos of how sharks sometimes are caught in trawl-nets as by-catch, and how a shark is released again after being tagged | ||