Squalidae
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Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. Having earned their name after a group of fishermen reportedly observed the species chasing down smaller fish in dog-like packs, dogfish have slender, streamlined bodies, usually more compact in comparison to other species, and a pointed snout. Dogfish likewise have two dorsal fins, each with smooth spines, but no anal fin, and their skin is generally rough to the tou
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Squalidae is a family of taxon within the order Squaliformes, class Elasmobranchii, and phylum Chordata. The family is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and is accepted under the authority of de Blainville, 1816. Common names for the group include dogfish sharks, Бодливоакулови, pigghåfamilien, and trneži.
The habitat of Squalidae includes marine and brackish environments. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the United States, Mexico, Antarctica, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines, with specimens held by institutions such as USNM, SDNHM, UCMP, MSUM, and UF. The family has 475,363 occurrence records, 2,184 PubMed entries, and 94 iDigBio records.
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Species
dogfish sharks
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderSqualiformes
- FamilySqualidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 94
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Squalidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, UCMP, MSUM, UF, CUMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Antarctica, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Japan, Australia
Research
2,184 papers- Untangling the systematic dilemma behind the roughskin spurdog Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973) (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes), with phylogeny of Squalidae and a key to Cirrhigaleus species.PloS one · 2023
- Mercury contamination in the recently described Brazilian white-tail dogfish Squalus albicaudus (Squalidae, Chondrichthyes).Chemosphere · 2020
- The first reproductive parameters and evidence of multiple paternity in one new spiny dogfish species, Squalus albicaudus (Squaliformes, Squalidae).Journal of fish biology · 2020
- Getting Nosy: Olfactory Rosette Morphology and Lamellar Microstructure of Two Chondrichthyan Species.Integrative and comparative biology · 2024
- First description of Chloromyxum squali Gleeson and Adlard, 2012 (Myxozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea in a new host Squalus blainville (Chondrichthyes: Squalidae): morphological, ultrastructural and phylogenetic data.Parasitology research · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- References
- Further reading
Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. Having earned their name after a group of fishermen reportedly observed the species chasing down smaller fish in dog-like packs, dogfish have slender, streamlined bodies, usually more compact in comparison to other species, and a pointed snout. Dogfish likewise have two dorsal fins, each with smooth spines, but no anal fin, and their skin is generally rough to the touch. As the species reaches adulthood, males usually measure a maximum of , while females typically measure long. The species therefore exhibits female-dominant sexual dimorphism.
Dogfish sharks have slate-grey or grey-brown skin with white dots that become paler (almost white) around the belly region. These sharks are characterized by teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size; a caudal peduncle with lateral keels; the upper precaudal pit is usually present; and the caudal fin is without a subterminal notch.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Squalidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.