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 …

cookiecutter shark, either of two species of living sharks classified as part of the genus Isistius, in the family Dalatiidae, named for their tendency to excise cookie cutter-shaped plugs of flesh …

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 …

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.

Selected Characters: Both dorsal fins with spines; no anal fin. This is a widely distributed family of small sharks. They are found in both the northern and southern hemispheres from the tropics …

All squaloids possess the following characteristics: Since only one species of spiny dogfish is regularly encountered by divers, for our purposes here, characteristics of the 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 …

Squalidae Name Synonyms Spinacidae Homonyms Squalidae Common names Pighajfamilien in Danish cazones aguijones in Spanish chiens de mer in French dogfish shark in English …