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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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- this is not the case and that Squalus is quite capable of protruding its upper jaw during feeding. The name comes from squalus, the Latin for shark; this...
- included: Squalus isodus, in 1819 by Italian zoologist Saverio Macri (1754–1848); Squalus elephas, by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1822; Squalus rashleigh****...
- 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...
- Sailfish (SS-192), was a US Sargo-class submarine, originally named Squalus. As Squalus, the submarine sank off the coast of New Hampshire during test dives...
- Genus: Within the Squalidae dogshark family, are two known genera Squalus: The Squalus genus encomp****es 34 different species of dogfish, or spurdogs, home...
- identified as an amphibian and ****igned the scientific name Squalus carcharias, Squalus being the genus that he placed all sharks in. By the 1810s, it...
- comparison to the Squalus Mitsukurii. Their first dorsal fin is also structured differently than the other species in the genus Squalus. Cotton, C.F.; Derrick...
- account by Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Bonnaterre named the shark Squalus nasus, the specific epithet nasus being Latin for "nose". In 1816, French...
- Squalus philippinus is an invalid scientific name for two species: Port Jackson shark, Squalus philippinus Shaw, 1804 is a junior synonym to its accepted...
- was used to successfully rescue thirty-three survivors from Squalus, At the time of Squalus' accident, Lieutenant Commander Momsen was serving as head...