Longnose spurdog
| Longnose spurdog | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| 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
- Froese, Rainer and 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.