roughskin dogfish

Cirrhigaleus asper

One litter may bring twenty two births

roughskin dogfish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 120 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Dogfish Sharks
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Cirrhigaleus
Maximum length: 120 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Florida Keys (Ref. 3814 ) and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Western Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique to South Africa; also Reunion, Comoros, and the Aldabra islands (Ref. 33390 ). Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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