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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.

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- 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...
- spurdog) Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) (Pacific spiny dogfish) Squalus acanthias Squalus altipinnis Squalus blainville Squalus bucephalus Squalus chloroculus...
- component of its diet, while smaller sharks such as spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and tope sharks (Galeorhinus galeus) are rarely taken. Examinations...
- tiburo), sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), and the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Threats to sharks are alluded to by a majority (53%) of shows, with...
- live up to 100 years. Squalus suckleyi has a slower growth rate, larger maximum size, and later maturity compared to Squalus acanthias species. The slower...
- oxyrinchus), bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus), spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), and sixgill (Hexanchus sp.) sharks . The Shark Lab is a world-famous...
- development of the spiracular cartilages of the spiny dogfish, acanthias vulgaris (squalus acanthias)". The Biological Bulletin. 93 (3): 287–295. doi:10.2307/1537977...
- 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"...
- describe many species of small shark, including the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias), rough-hound (Scyliorhinus...