Longnose spurdog

The longnose spurdog (Squalus blainville) is a dogfish shark of the genus Squalus, found over continental shelves in all oceans, at depths of between 15 and 800 metres. They reach one metre in length.

Longnose spurdog

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. blainville
Binomial name
Squalus blainville
(A. Risso, 1827)
Range of the longnose spurdog (in blue)

References

  1. Ebert, D.A., Serena, F. & Mancusi, C. 2009. Squalus blainville. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161536A5446109. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161536A5446109.en. Downloaded on 20 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squalus blainville" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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