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Squalidae
	Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae; Blainville, 1816
Genera
	See text.

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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.

Genera

Cirrhigaleus
Squalus

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Squalidae". FishBase. January 2006 version.
Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2

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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.
+==Genera==
-There are eleven species in two genera:
-* Genus ''[[Cirrhigaleus]]''
+* ''[[Cirrhigaleus]]''
+* ''[[Squalus]]''
-** [[Roughskin spurdog]], ''[[Cirrhigaleus asper]]'' <small>(Merrett, 1973)</small>.
-** [[Mandarin dogfish]], ''[[Cirrhigaleus barbifer]]'' <small>Tanaka, 1912</small>
-* Genus ''[[Squalus]]''
-** [[Spiny dogfish]], ''[[Squalus acanthias]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)</small>.
-** ''[[Squalus acutirostris]]'' <small>(Chu, Meng & Li, 1984)</small>.
-** [[Longnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus blainville]]'' <small>([[Antoine Risso|Risso]], 1827)</small>.
-** [[Cuban dogfish]], ''[[Squalus cubensis]]'' <small>([[Luis Howell-Rivero|Howell-Rivero]], 1936)</small>.
-** [[Japanese spurdog]] or [[Japanese roughshark]], ''[[Squalus japonicus]]'' <small>([[Chiyomatsu Ishikawa|Ishikawa]], 1908)</small>.
-** [[Shortnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus magalops]]'' <small>([[William John Macleay|Macleay]], 1881)</small>.
-** [[Blacktailed spurdog]], ''[[Squalus melanurus]]'' <small>([[Pierre Fourmanoir|Fourmanoir]] & Rivaton, 1979)</small>.
-** [[Shortspine spurdog]], ''[[Squalus mitsukurii]]'' <small>([[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & Snyder, 1903)</small>.
-** [[Cyrano spurdog]], ''[[Squalus rancureli]]'' <small> ([[Pierre Fourmanoir|Fourmanoir]] & Rivaton, 1979)</small>.
-** [[Bartail spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. A]]''
-** [[Eastern highfin spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. B]]''
-** [[Western highfin spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. C]]''
-** [[Fatspine spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. D]]''
-** [[Western longnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. E]]''
-** [[Eastern longnose spurdog]], ''[[Squalus sp. F]]''
 ==References==