Japanese shortnose spurdog

Japanese shortnose spurdog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Squaliformes
Family:Squalidae
Genus:Squalus
Species: S. brevirostris
Binomial name
Squalus brevirostris
(Tanaka, 1917)

The Japanese shortnose spurdog (Squalus brevirostris) is a dogfish shark of the genus Squalus, found from southern Japan to the South China Sea. The length of the longest specimen measured is 60.0 cm (23.6 in).[2]

References

  1. White, W.T. 2009. Squalus brevirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161438A5423985. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161438A5423985.en. Downloaded on 20 October 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squalus brevirostris" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
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