Cirrhigaleus asper
| 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 |
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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 and 600 m. It reaches a length of 1.2 m.
The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.
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