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Squalus
Linnaeus, 1758
- spiny dogfishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Squalidae (Family) - dogfish sharks
..Cirrhigaleus (Genus)
..Squalus (Genus) - spiny dogfishes
....Squalus acanthias (Species) - piked dogfish
....Squalus acutirostris (Species)
....Squalus albifrons (Species)
....Squalus altipinnis (Species)
....Squalus blainville (Species) - longnose spurdog
....Squalus bucephalus (Species)
....Squalus chloroculus (Species)
....Squalus crassispinus (Species)
....Squalus cubensis (Species) - Cuban dogfish
....Squalus edmundsi (Species)
....Squalus grahami (Species)
....Squalus hemipinnis (Species)
....Squalus japonicus (Species) - Japanese spurdog
....Squalus lalannei (Species)
....Squalus megalops (Species) - shortnose spurdog
....Squalus melanurus (Species) - blacktailed spurdog
....Squalus mitsukurii (Species) - shortspine spurdog
....Squalus nasutus (Species)
....Squalus notocaudatus (Species)
....Squalus rancureli (Species) - Cyrano spurdog
....Squalus raoulensis (Species)
....Squalus suckleyi (Species) - Pacific spiny dogfish
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 233.
Types
Type of
:
Squalidae
(Family)
Blainville, 1816
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<11 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Squaliformes
(Order)
Compagno, 1973
Type of
:
Squaloidei
(Suborder)
Müller & Henle, 1838
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Squalus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Unavailable name
:
Sqvalus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Acanthias
(Genus)
Leach, 1814
Ref:
PBDB
: 8 Sep 2020.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
spiny dogfishes
Ref:
L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026