Enjoy this expertly researched article on the Greenland Shark, including where Greenland Shark s live, what they eat & much more. Now with high-quality pictures. Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Etymology: Somniosus: Latin for sleepy, reflecting Lesueur’s surmise that these sharks are slow or sluggish because of their relatively small fins (hence the name sleeper sharks) (See ETYFish); microcephalus: micro-, from mikros (Gr.), small; cephalus, from kephale (Gr.), head, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its short, rounded snout compared with other sharks then ... The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), also known as the rubiks shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely related to the Pacific and southern sleeper sharks. [2] Far less well-known than the polar bear or the orca, the Greenland shark is, nonetheless, an important top predator of Arctic waters just like them.
