Roughskin spurdog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhigaleus |
| Species: | C. asper
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| Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973)
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| Range of the roughskin spurdog (in blue) | |
The roughskin spurdog (Cirrhigaleus asper) is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 35°N and 35°S, at depths of between 200 metres (660 ft) and 600 metres (2,000 ft). It reaches a length of 1.2 metres (3.9 ft).
The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.
References
- ^ Herndon, A.P. & Burgess, G.H. 2006. Cirrhigaleus asper. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60209A12320238. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60209A12320238.en. Downloaded on 20 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrhigaleus asper". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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