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 |
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 | |
Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 |
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.
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