Japanese spurdog

Japanese spurdog
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae
Genus:	Squalus
Species:	S. japonicus
Binomial name
	Squalus japonicus; Ishikawa, 1908
	Range of the Japanese spurdog (in blue)

The Japanese spurdog (Squalus japonicus) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean – southeastern Japan and the East China Sea, including the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and the Arafura Sea.

References[]

^ Rigby, C.L.; Chen, X.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Zhang, J. (2020). "Squalus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161433A124484752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161433A124484752.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squalus japonicus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Rigby, C.L.; Chen, X.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Zhang, J. (2020). "Squalus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161433A124484752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161433A124484752.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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Japanese spurdog
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae
Genus:	Squalus
Species:	S. japonicus
Binomial name
*Squalus japonicus* Ishikawa, 1908

Range of the Japanese spurdog (in blue)