also: かぐらざめ
bluntnose sixgill shark
A deep-sea shark species, Hexanchus griseus. Scientific or educational contexts may use the kanji form 神楽鮫, but katakana is standard.
A bluntnose sixgill shark was filmed in the deep sea.
Hiragana variant; less common than katakana for this word.
Kanji spelling exists but is rarely used; the word is normally written in kana.
The name likely combines 神楽 (kagura, a type of Shinto dance) and 鮫 (same, shark), but the exact origin is uncertain.