Bartail spurdog

Bartail spurdog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species: S. notocaudatus
Binomial name
Squalus notocaudatus
Last, W. T. White & Stevens, 2007

The bartail spurdog, Squalus notocaudatus, is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths of between 220 and 450 m [2]. The length of the longest specimen measured, an immature male, is 62 centimetres (24 in). Its reproduction is ovoviviparous [2].

See also

References

  1. ^ T. J. Lisney & R. D. Cavanagh (2003). Squalus notocaudatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on January 29, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Compagno, Dando & Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.