Cyrano spurdog
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Cyrano spurdog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Squalidae |
Genus: | Squalus |
Species: | S. rancureli |
Binomial name | |
Squalus rancureli (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) | |
Range of the cyrano spurdog (in blue) | |
The cyrano spurdog, Squalus mitsukurii, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found in the western central Pacific Ocean between latitudes 16°S and 18°S at depths of between 320 and 400 m. Its length is up to 77 cm.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squalus rancureli" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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