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Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

To FishBase images (<i>Squalus acanthias</i>, by Murch, A.)
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105923  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105923)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Elasmobranchii (Class)
  8. Neoselachii (Subclass)
  9. Selachii (Infraclass)
  10. Squalomorphi (Superorder)
  11. Squaliformes (Order)
  12. Squalidae (Family)
  13. Squalus (Genus)
  14. Squalus acanthias (Species)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Greenland to Argentina  
Distribution Greenland to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105923 on 2024-11-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846) Storer, D. H. (1846). A synopsis of the fishes of North America. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (new series).</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 253-550. [details] 

original description (of Squalus wakiyae Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. <em>Tokyo.</em> v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [details] 

original description (of Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Poissons. In: Mission scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. <em>VI. Zoologie. Paris.</em> v. 6 (pt 1) (art. C): C1-C35, Pls. Poissons 1-4. [details] 

original description (of Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Opportunistic feeder, but primarily small fishes such as herrring, capelin and cod [details]

Distribution Greenland to Argentina [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat Frequents coastal and inshore waters, found at temperatures of 6-15 C. [details]

Importance Scientific- North America- univerisity laboratory dissection specimen, nuisance to fishing industry; Europe-widely used as food [details]

Predators Young vulnerable to predaceous bony fishes and sharks. Adults prey to large predacious bony fishes and to marine mammals. [details]

Reproduction Ovoviviparous, gestation period of 22 months, birth occurs during winter in offshore waters [details]
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LanguageName 
Albanian peshkaqen gjëmbor  [details]
Breton spinekc'hi  [details]
Danish pighaj  [details]
Dutch doornhaai  [details]
English spurdogspiny dogfishpiked dogfishpicky dogpicked dog-fish [from synonym]picked dogfish  [details]
French chien dardaiquillataiguillat communaiguillat [from synonym]  [details]
German gemeiner DornhaiDornhai  [details]
Hebrew קוצן נקוד  [details]
Icelandic háfur  [details]
Irish fiógach  [details]
Italian spinarolo  [details]
Japanese アブラツノザメ  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis dygliaryklis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κεντρόνι  [details]
Norwegian pigghå  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål pigghå  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk pigghå  [details]
Polish koleń pospolity  [details]
Portuguese galhudo  [details]
Romanian câine de mare  [details]
Russian Акула катран  [details]
Scottish Gaelic cu-maire  [details]
Spanish mielgagalludoscazón espinoso comúnagulat  [details]
Swedish pigghajhå  [details]
Turkish mahmuzlu camgözmahmuzlu camgoz  [details]
Ukrainian морський собакаКатран звичайнийКатранАкула катран  [details]
Welsh ci pigog  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (287 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus barbouri Howell Rivero, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus wakiyae Tanaka, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthias linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus achantias Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Squalus whitleyi Phillipps, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Squalus tasmaniensis Howell Rivero, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Squalus canis Forster, 1777)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (607 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (663 publications) (from synonym Acanthias vulgaris Risso, 1827)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalus acanthias) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus antiquorum Leach, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus barbouri Howell Rivero, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias vulgaris Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias antiguorum (Leach, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias commun Navarrete, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus wakiyae Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus whitleyi Phillipps, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus canis Forster, 1777)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus tasmaniensis Howell Rivero, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acanthis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acanthias ponticus Myagkov & Kondyurin, 1986)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalus acanthias ponticus Myagkov & Kondyurin, 1986)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthias vulgaris Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax mediterraneus Gistel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acanthias africana Myagkov & Kondyurin, 1986)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus achantias Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase images (Squalus acanthias, by Murch, A.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (569187 nucleotides; 902 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) 
To NHMUK collection (Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2510127) (from synonym Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Squalus acanthias</i>, by Murch, A.)
To FishBase images (Squalus acanthias, by Murch, A.)
Hosted externally
To NHMUK collection (Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2510127)
To NHMUK collection (Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2510127)
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
Gilson (1921, fig. 09)
Gilson (1921, fig. 09)
Poll (1947, fig. 038 & 039)
Poll (1947, fig. 038 & 039)
Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias
Spiny dogfish
Spiny dogfish
Spiny dogfish
Spiny dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus acanthias RAD100052-001)
Hosted externally