Roughskin spurdog
| Roughskin spurdog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhigaleus |
| Species: | C. asper |
| Binomial name | |
| 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 and 600 m. It reaches a length of 1.2 m.
The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cirrhigaleus asper" in 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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