Longnose spurdog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Squalidae |
Genus: | Squalus |
Species: | S. blainville |
Binomial name | |
Squalus blainville (A. Risso, 1827) |
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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.