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Definition of Squalus acanthias

Squalus acanthias
Dogfish Dog"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic. 2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin. 3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

Meaning of Squalus acanthias from wikipedia

- The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks...
- or blue-grey body coloration and white underbelly, only 2 – Squalus acanthias and Squalus suckleyi – are more easily recognizable by the notable, evenly-spaced...
- component of its diet, while smaller sharks such as spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and tope sharks (Galeorhinus galeus) are rarely taken. Examinations...
- for Squalus suckleyi over alternatives such as "spotted spiny dogfish" and "North Pacific spiny dogfish" and "spiny dogfish" for Squalus acanthias. The...
- spurdog) Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) (Pacific spiny dogfish) Squalus acanthias Squalus altipinnis Squalus blainville Squalus bucephalus Squalus chloroculus...
- oxyrinchus), bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus), spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), and sixgill (Hexanchus sp.) sharks . The Shark Lab is a world-famous...
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalus acanthias". FishBase. March 2013 version. Squalus acanthias (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) FAO, Species Fact...
- tiburo), sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), and the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Threats to sharks are alluded to by a majority (53%) of shows, with...
- potentially measured up to 9.2 m (30 ft) long. The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), a very common species, reaches the largest sizes of the "true dogfish"...
- development of the spiracular cartilages of the spiny dogfish, acanthias vulgaris (squalus acanthias)". The Biological Bulletin. 93 (3): 287–295. doi:10.2307/1537977...