Shortspine spurdog
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| Shortspine spurdog | |
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| Two shortspine spurdogs at a bait station (depth 350 meters) off Maro Reef, Hawaiian Islands | |
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S. mitsukurii
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| Squalus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903
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| Range of the shortspine spurdog | |
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Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 |
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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.
File:Squalus mitsukuri.JPG
Illustration of a shortspine spurdog.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squalus mitsukurii" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
