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** [[Japanese spurdog]] or [[Japanese roughshark]], ''[[Squalus japonicus]]'' <small>([[Chiyomatsu Ishikawa|Ishikawa]], 1908)</small>. |
** [[Japanese spurdog]] or [[Japanese roughshark]], ''[[Squalus japonicus]]'' <small>([[Chiyomatsu Ishikawa|Ishikawa]], 1908)</small>. |
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** [[Shortnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus magalops]]'' <small>([[William John Macleay|Macleay]], 1881)</small>. |
** [[Shortnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus magalops]]'' <small>([[William John Macleay|Macleay]], 1881)</small>. |
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** [[Blacktailed spurdog]], ''[[Squalus melanurus]]'' <small>([[Pierre Fourmanoir|Fourmanoir]] & Rivaton, 1979)</small>. |
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** [[Shortspine spurdog]], ''[[Squalus mitsukurii]]'' <small>([[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & Snyder, 1903)</small>. |
** [[Shortspine spurdog]], ''[[Squalus mitsukurii]]'' <small>([[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & Snyder, 1903)</small>. |
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** [[Cyrano spurdog]], ''[[Squalus rancureli]]'' <small> ([[Pierre Fourmanoir|Fourmanoir]] & Rivaton, 1979)</small>. |
** [[Cyrano spurdog]], ''[[Squalus rancureli]]'' <small> ([[Pierre Fourmanoir|Fourmanoir]] & Rivaton, 1979)</small>. |
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| Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias | |
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| Family: | Squalidae Blainville, 1816
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Cirrhigaleus | |
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).
- Blacktailed spurdog, Squalus melanurus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
- Shortspine spurdog, Squalus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1903).
- Cyrano spurdog, Squalus rancureli (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Squalidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.