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
- ↑ T. J. Lisney & R. D. Cavanagh (2003). Squalus notocaudatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Compagno, Dando & Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.