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Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)
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Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) specimen
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Squalidae

Pacific spiny dogfish

Squalus suckleyi

Squalid Fish from Japanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Pacific spiny dogfish is a fish from North Pacific. The largest recorded length is 140 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Family
Squalidae
Genus
Squalus
Maximum length
140 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
North Pacific: Korea, Japan, northward to Russia (Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk and Sakhalin), the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands; eastwards in the Gulf of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington south to southern Baja California.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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