shortspine dogfish

Squalus mitsukurii

Snout twice mouth length

Cross-climate
Subtropical
Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
South America
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Large

shortspine dogfish is a marine fish of Circumglobal in temperate and subtropical waters. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 89.8 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Dogfish Sharks
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Maximum length: 89.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Circumglobal in temperate and subtropical waters: Widely distributed in most oceans but possibly consisting of a species complex (Ref. 6871 , 31367 ). Western Indian Ocean: Walters Shoal (MNHN 1991-0406) (Ref. 33390 ); Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia (Ref. 6871 ); West Pacific: Seamounts in the North Pacific, Japan, Korea, China (and presumably Taiwan and Viet Nam); Southwest Pacific: possibly in New Zealand; Southeast Pacific: Desventuradas Is. and Juan Fernández Is. Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay to Argentina (Ref. 58839 ). Records of Squalus blainvillei or Squalus fernandinus from the western Indian Ocean, New Caledonia and Chile are based in part on this species. Elsewhere, dogfishes very similar to Squalus mitsukurii are not conspecific with Squalus blainvillei .

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