Shortspine spurdog
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| Two shortspine spurdogs at a bait station (depth 350 meters) off Maro Reef, Hawaiian Islands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. mitsukurii
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| Squalus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903
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Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 | |
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.[2]
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References
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- ^ Cavanagh, R.D., Lisney, T.J. & White, W. (2007). Squalus mitsukurii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T41877A10583487.en
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squalus mitsukurii" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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