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Squalus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160616

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Koinga Whitley, 1939
  
    Acanthias Leach, 1818
  
  Common Name(s): spiny dogfish [English]
  
    spurdogs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderSqualiformes Compagno, 1973 – dogfish sharks  
                                  FamilySqualidae Blainville, 1816 – chiens de mer, cazones aguijones, dogfish sharks, spiny dogfishes  
                                     GenusSqualus Linnaeus, 1758 – spiny dogfish, spurdogs  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesSqualus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 – cazón espinoso común, piked dogfish, spiny dogfish, galludo espinoso, aiguillat commun, dogfish, grayfish, spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus acutipinnis Regan, 1908  
                                        SpeciesSqualus acutirostris Chu, Meng and Li, 1984  
                                        SpeciesSqualus albifrons Last, White and Stevens, 2007 – eastern highfin spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus altipinnis Last, White and Stevens, 2007 – western highfin spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus blainville (Risso, 1827) – longnose spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus brevirostris Tanaka, 1917  
                                        SpeciesSqualus bucephalus Last, Séret and Pogonoski, 2007 – aiguillat à grosse tête, bighead spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus chloroculus Last, White and Motomura, 2007 – greeneye spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus crassispinus Last, Edmunds and Yearsley, 2007 – fatspine spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus cubensis Howell Rivero, 1936 – cazón aguijón cubano, Cuban dogfish, galludo cubano 
                                        SpeciesSqualus edmundsi White, Last and Stevens, 2007 – Edmunds' spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus formosus White and Iglésias, 2011  
                                        SpeciesSqualus grahami White, Last and Stevens, 2007 – eastern longnose spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus griffini Phillipps, 1931 – northern spiny dogfish 
                                        SpeciesSqualus hemipinnis White, Last and Yearsley, 2007 – Indonesian shortsnout spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus japonicus Ishikawa, 1908 – Japanese spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus lalannei Baranes, 2003  
                                        SpeciesSqualus megalops (Macleay, 1881) – shortnose spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus melanurus Fourmanoir and Rivaton, 1979 – blacktailed spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus mitsukurii Jordan and Snyder in Jordan and Fowler, 1903 – cazón aguijón galludo, shortspine dogfish, shortspine spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus montalbani Whitley, 1931  
                                        SpeciesSqualus nasutus Last, Marshall and White, 2007 – western longnose spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus notocaudatus Last, White and Stevens, 2007 – bartail spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus rancureli Fourmanoir and Rivaton, 1979 – cyrano spurdog 
                                        SpeciesSqualus raoulensis Duffy and Last, 2007 – Kermadec spiny dogfish 
                                        SpeciesSqualus suckleyi (Girard, 1855) – North Pacific spiny dogfish, spiny dogfish, spotted spiny dogfish 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 12-Jan-2012, website (version 12-Jan-12)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Squalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Squalus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1   
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  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
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  Reference for: Squalus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
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  Reference for: Squalus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Squalus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Squalus   
       

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