Shortspine spurdog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Squalidae |
Genus: | Squalus |
Species: | S. mitsukurii
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Binomial name | |
Squalus mitsukurii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1903
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Range of the shortspine spurdog | |
Synonyms | |
Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 |
The shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found on continental shelves off Japan in temperate waters, from the surface to 950 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.[2]