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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...
- for Squalus suckleyi over alternatives such as "spotted spiny dogfish" and "North Pacific spiny dogfish" and "spiny dogfish" for Squalus acanthias. The...
- or blue-grey body coloration and white underbelly, only 2 – Squalus acanthias and Squalus suckleyi – are more easily recognizable by the notable, evenly-spaced...
- spurdog) Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) (Pacific spiny dogfish) Squalus acanthias Squalus altipinnis Squalus blainville Squalus bucephalus Squalus chloroculus...
- describe many species of small shark, including the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias), rough-hound (Scyliorhinus...
- component of its diet, while smaller sharks such as spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and tope sharks (Galeorhinus galeus) are rarely taken. Examinations...
- development of the spiracular cartilages of the spiny dogfish, acanthias vulgaris (squalus acanthias)". The Biological Bulletin. 93 (3): 287–295. doi:10.2307/1537977...
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalus acanthias". FishBase. March 2013 version. Squalus acanthias (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) FAO, Species Fact...
- 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"...
- Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 (spiny dogfish) Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908 (blunt-nose spiny dogfish) Squalus albifrons...