Blacktailed spurdog
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| Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 |
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 Range of the blacktailed spurdog (in blue)
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The blacktailed spurdog, Squalus melanurus, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found around New Caledonia in the central Pacific Ocean, at depths from 320 to 320 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
The blacktailed spurdog feeds on lanternfishes, boarfishes, barracudinas, and flatheads. It defends itself from captors by whipping its body and long second dorsal spine.
Coloration is conspicuous black tips on dorsal fins, black dorsal caudal margin, and black ventral caudal lobe.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
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[edit] References
- "Squalus melanurus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
