Bartail spurdog

Bartail spurdog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Squaliformes
Family:Squalidae
Genus:Squalus
Species: S. notocaudatus
Binomial name
Squalus notocaudatus
Last, W. T. White & Stevens, 2007

The bartail spurdog (Squalus notocaudatus) is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths between 220 and 450 m.[2] The length of the longest specimen measured, an immature male, is 62 cm (24 in).[3] Its reproduction is ovoviviparous .[2]

References

  1. T. J. Lisney & R. D. Cavanagh (2003). "Squalus notocaudatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2003: e.T42722A10748523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T42722A10748523.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Compagno; Dando & Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Squalus notocaudatus" in FishBase. 10 2016 version.
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