Western highfin spurdog

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

The western highfin spurdog (Squalus altipinnis) is a dogfish of the family Squalidae found on the continental shelf off Western Australia, at depths between 220 and 510 m. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

  1. White, W.; Cavanagh, R.D. & Lisney, T.J. (2009). "Squalus altipinnis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T158616A5241598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158616A5241598.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2


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