Common name : Lizard shark, Scaffold shark
Scientific name : Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Family : Chlamydoselachidae
Native to : Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Interesting fact : This vivaparous shark has a gestation period of three and a half years.
Conservation status : Near Threatened
Living near the bottom of outer continental shelf and upper continental slope at depths of up to 1,200 metres is the frilled shark. It is dark brown or grey, measures 2 metres long and has an eel-like body with six pairs of frilly gill slits. It bends its body and lunges forward like a snake to capture its prey, mainly cephalopods, bony fish and other sharks.
