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Longnose spurdog

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Longnose spurdog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. blainville
Binomial name
Squalus blainville
(A. Risso, 1827)
Range of the longnose spurdog (in blue)

The longnose spurdog (Squalus blainville) is a dogfish shark of the genus Squalus, found over continental shelves in all oceans, at depths of between 15 and 800 metres. They reach one metre in length.

References

  1. ^ Ebert, D.A., Serena, F. & Mancusi, C. 2009. Squalus blainville. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161536A5446109. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161536A5446109.en. Downloaded on 20 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squalus blainville" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8