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* Genus ''[[Cirrhigaleus]]'' |
* Genus ''[[Cirrhigaleus]]'' |
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** [[Roughskin spurdog]], ''[[Cirrhigaleus asper]]'' <small>(Merrett, 1973)</small>. |
** [[Roughskin spurdog]], ''[[Cirrhigaleus asper]]'' <small>(Merrett, 1973)</small>. |
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** ''[[Cirrhigaleus barbifer]]'' <small>Tanaka, 1912</small> |
** [[Mandarin dogfish]], ''[[Cirrhigaleus barbifer]]'' <small>Tanaka, 1912</small> |
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* Genus ''[[Squalus]]'' |
* Genus ''[[Squalus]]'' |
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** [[Spiny dogfish]], ''[[Squalus acanthias]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)</small>. |
** [[Spiny dogfish]], ''[[Squalus acanthias]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)</small>. |
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Revision as of 18:09, 16 August 2006
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| Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias | |
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| Family: | Squalidae Blainville, 1816
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Squalidae is the family of dogfish sharks. These sharks are characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines, teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size, caudal peduncle with lateral keels; upper precaudal pit usually present, and caudal fin without subterminal notch.
There are eleven species in two genera:
- Genus Cirrhigaleus
- Roughskin spurdog, Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973).
- Mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912
- Genus Squalus
- Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Squalus acutirostris (Chu, Meng & Li, 1984).
- Longnose spurdog, Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827).
- Cuban dogfish, Squalus cubensis (Howell-Rivero, 1936).
- Japanese spurdog or Japanese roughshark, Squalus japonicus (Ishikawa, 1908).
- Shortnose spurdog, Squalus magalops (Macleay, 1881).
- Blacktail spurdog, Squalus melanurus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
- Shortspine spurdog, Squalus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1903).
- Cyrano spurdog, Squalus rancureli (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Squalidae". FishBase. January 2006 version.