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Dogfish sharks use their strong jaw and sharp teeth to consume their prey. The spiny dogfish has broken several records in the areas of migration and gestation. This shark tends to be a highly migratory species: one shark was recorded as travelling 8,000 km (5,000 miles) after being tagged in Washington state, United States, and found again ...
Sleeper sharks are a poorly studied [15] deep-sea shark found in all oceans. [16] They contain antifreeze to survive in cold temperatures, and may feed on colossal squid. In Iceland, they are hunted for food. They are allowed to rot for months until the poisonous antifreeze degrades, and they are safe to eat. [17] Squalidae: Dogfish sharks: 3 31
The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish [4] is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order. [5] While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by two spines (one anterior to each dorsal fin) and ...
The black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. It is common over the outer continental shelf and continental slope at depths of 180–2,250 m (590–7,380 ft). Females generally inhabit deeper water than males, and depending on the region, smaller sharks may occur at different depths than ...
The Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) is a common species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks and are among the most abundant species of sharks in the world. This species is closely related to the Spiny dogfish and for many years they were treated as a single species. [ 4 ]
Squalus montalbani, the Philippine spurdog or Indonesian greeneye spurdog, is a relatively large species of dogfish shark native to waters off the coast of Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The species was identified in 1912 from a specimen caught off the coast of Luzon Island , and has been both bycatch and a targeted species in ...
Sharks portal; The southern dogfish (Centrophorus zeehaani) is a species of shark in the family Centrophoridae. [1] It was described in 2008 along with the western gulper shark, and belongs to genus Centrophorus. It is mainly found in the Indian and Pacific ocean, but they are distributed in other oceans as well.
The smooth lanternshark or slender lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, found widely in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It inhabits benthic environments at a depth of 274–1,000 m (899–3,281 ft), and pelagic environments at a depth of 0–708 m (0–2,323 ft).