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View Mode View All Pictures Species Squalus acanthias Linnaeus    Squalus acanthias was originally described as Squalus acanthias by Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the family Squalidae. It is commonly known as Spotted spiny dogfish / Piked dogfish but has many other common names such as in Australia as White-spotted spurdog, in USA (contiguous states) as Spiny dogfish, in Japan as Abura-tsunozame, in South Africa as Spikkel-penhaai, in South Africa as Spotted spiny dogfish, in Albania as Peshkagen. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Widespread, but absent from the North Pacific.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acanthias AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] AuthorNI   Linnaeus Qualification   --- Year   1758 Status   Valid Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Squaliformes Squaliformes Family   Squalidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Squalus Subgenus   --- Class   Chondrichthyes Order   Squaliformes Family   Squalidae Genus   Squalus Original Name   Squalus         Taxon Name   acanthias Original Combination   Squalus acanthias Original Genus   Squalus Original Genus Species   Squalus acanthias OriginalSubGenus   Squalus Original Author   Linnaeus Original AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1758 Original Family   Squalidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Mediterranean Sea and northeastern Atlantic [original: "In Oceano Europæo"]; localities include Sweden, Baltic Sea; North Sea; Irish Sea; Marseille, France; Rome and Venice, Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria, Mediterranean Sea. Types   Syntypes: NRM 85 (2). Possible syntypes: ZMUU Linn. coll. 159 (1), ZMUU Linn. coll. 160 (1, dry). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:208-209 [ref. 20707]. Primary Code   --- Journal   Systema Nat. ed. 10 Citation   v. 1 Page   233 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Squalus acanthias Current Species   acanthias Current Genus   Squalus Current AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] Current AuthorNI   Linnaeus Current Year   1758 Current Family   Squalidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   benthopelagic         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Possibly the most abundant living shark. An inshore and offshore dogfish of the continental and insular shelf and upper slopes. Usually near the bottom but also found at the surface. Often found in enclosed bays and estuaries. Reported to enter freshwater Depth Range   From 0 to 1460 meters.     Distribution   Widespread, but absent from the North Pacific. Current Summary   Valid as Squalus acanthias  Linnaeus 1758. Squalidae.   Name History   • Valid as Squalus acanthias  Linnaeus 1758 -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:37 [ref. 7165], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:23 [ref. 9277], McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:146 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:111 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:9 [ref. 6441], Menni 1986:425 [ref. 11487], Bass et al. 1986:61 [ref. 5636], Robins & Ray 1986:33 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Dominguez 1988:103 [ref. 19199], Scott & Scott 1988:35 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:37 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:13 [ref. 24556], Pequeño 1989:12 [ref. 14125], Muñoz-Chápuli & Ramos 1989:6 [ref. 12577], McAllister 1990:33 [ref. 14674], Springer 1990:12 [ref. 19315], Yano in Amaoka et al. 1990:76 [ref. 16024], Compagno et al. 1991:66 [ref. 21083], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:27 [ref. 22530], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:83 [ref. 25472] with authors as Smith & Radcliffe 1912, Gomon et al. 1994:105 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:98 [ref. 23873], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:728 [ref. 22829], Yano in Okamura et al. 1995:51 [ref. 22531], López et al. 1996:7 [ref. 23681], Cheng & Zhou 1997:37 [ref. 26385], Murdy et al. 1997:34 [ref. 23144], Santos et al. 1997:118 [ref. 23531], Pshenichnov 1997:713 [ref. 24700], Arruda 1997:21 [ref. 24952], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:155 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:15 [ref. 25650], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:36 [ref. 25942], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Soto 2001:66, 94 [ref. 26637], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:17 [ref. 26753], Burgess in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:54 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:88 [ref 25968], Nakabo 2002:155 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:60, 478 [ref. 26218], López et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26808], Compagno 2003:383 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:170 [ref. 27076], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Fedorov et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27579], Baranes 2003:42 [ref. 27888], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:102 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:49 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:54 [ref. 28072], Duhamel et al. 2005:74 [ref. 32059], Hoese 2006:155 [ref. 28998], Duffy & Last 2007:31 [ref. 29127], Duffy & Last 2007:91 [ref. 29132], Fricke 2007:25 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:15 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:18 [ref. 30517], White et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29133], White et al. 2007:110 [ref. 29134], White 2008:82 [ref. 30617], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:163 [ref. 31251], George 2009:56 [ref. 30539], Møller et al. 2010:14 [ref. 31169], Ebert et al. 2010:30 [ref. 30955] with more restricted range, Mecklenburg et al. 2011:115 [ref. 31212], Castro 2011:55 [ref. 31457], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Page et al. 2013:53 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:233 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:25 [ref. 33547]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 11 (268 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acanthias acanthias Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus [C.] 1758 Synonym acanthias africana Squalus acanthias africana Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986 Synonym acanthias chilensis Squalus acanthias chilensis Suckow [G. A.] 1799 Synonym acanthias ponticus Squalus acanthias ponticus Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986 Synonym acronotus Squalus acronotus Poey [F.] 1860 Synonym acutipinnis Squalus acutipinnis Regan [C. T.] 1908 Synonym acutirostris Squalus acutirostris Chu [Y.-T.], Meng [Q.-W.] & Li [S.] 1984 Uncertain adscensionis Squalus adscensionis Osbeck [P.] 1765 Synonym africana Squalus africana Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986 Synonym africanus Squalus africanus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789 Synonym albicaudus Squalus albicaudus Viana [S. T. de F. L.], Carvalho [M. R. de] & Gomes [U. L.] 2016 Valid albifrons Squalus albifrons Last [P. R.], White [W. T.] & Stevens [J. D.] 2007 Valid albomaculatus Squalus albomaculatus Plucàr [E.] 1846 Synonym alopecias Squalus alopecias Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym altipinnis Squalus altipinnis Last [P. R.], White [W. T.] & Stevens [J. D.] 2007 Valid americanus Squalus americanus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789 Synonym americanus Squalus americanus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815 Synonym americanus Squalus americanus (Storer [D. H.] 1846) Synonym anisodon Squalus anisodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802 Synonym annulatus Squalus annulatus Nilsson [S.] 1832 Synonym antiquorum Squalus antiquorum Leach [W. E.] 1818 Not available appendiculatus Squalus appendiculatus Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1806 Synonym arcticus Squalus arcticus Faber [F.] 1829 Synonym argus Squalus argus Bancroft [E. N.] 1830 Not available ascensionis Squalus ascensionis Osbeck [P.] in Lacepède 1798 Not available Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 11 (268 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567…91011 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…