Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, [3] are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of …

Family Squalidae (spiny dogfishes, sleeper sharks, and relatives)Distinguished by having about as many upper teeth in anterior row as in succeeding rows. Diverse forms, habits, and sizes. …

Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of …

Access images and fact sheets of the squalid fishes on the site. These include the Dogfish Sharks and Dogfishes.

The meaning of SQUALIDAE is a family of sharks having a spine in each dorsal fin and comprising the spiny dogfishes and various chiefly small related forms.

Habitat: Juveniles are pelagic, becoming benthic as they mature. Morphology: Two dorsal fins, each with a spine at the front; teeth on lower jaw not much larger than those on the upper jaw; …

Overview Scientific Name Squalidae Common Name dogfish sharks spiny dogfishes Kingdom Animalia Location in Taxonomic Tree Order Squaliformes Family Squalidae

The Squalidae are a wide-ranging, benthopelagic family with two genera and 33 species recognized globally. The family shows a high degree of endemism, with only one species …

The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish[4] is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes …

A representative squaloid, the Spiny Dogfish or "Spurdog" (Squalus acanthias) — probably the world's best known (if not most beloved) shark — showing the dorsal fin spines, transverse …