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Blue Dog
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Squaliformes »  family Squalidae - dogfish sharks

Scientific synonyms

Acanthias acanthias
Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846
Acanthias antiguorum (Leach, 1818)
Acanthias commun Navarrete, 1898
Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888
Acanthias linnei Malm, 1877
Acanthias suckleyi (Girard, 1855)
Acanthias sucklii (Girard, 1855)
Acanthias vulgaris Risso, 1827
Koinga kirki Phillipps, 1931

Other names

= Common Spiny Fish
= Darwen Salmon
= Dogfish
= Grayfish
= Pacific Dogfish
= Piked Dogfish
= Rock Salmon
= Spiny Dogfish
= Victorian Spotted Dogfish
= White-spotted Dogfish

IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
subspecies Squalus acanthias ponticus Mjagkov & Kondjurin, 1986

Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/25630] [as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [139]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

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