Shortspine spurdog
| Shortspine spurdog | |
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| Two shortspine spurdogs at a bait station (depth 350 meters) off Maro Reef, Hawaiian Islands | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. mitsukurii |
| Binomial name | |
| Squalus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903 | |
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| Range of the shortspine spurdog | |
| Synonyms | |
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Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 | |
The shortspine spurdog, Squalus mitsukurii, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found around the world on continental shelves in temperate and subtropical oceans between latitudes 45°N and 55°S, from the surface to 950 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Illustration of a shortspine spurdog.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squalus mitsukurii" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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