Squalus hawaiiensis

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Hawaiian spurdog
Squalus hawaiiensis (10.3897-zookeys.798.28375) Figure 3.jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Squalus hawaiiensis
Toby S. Daly-Engel, Amber Koch, James M. Anderson, Charles F. Cotton, R. Dean Grubbs, 2018

Squalus hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian spurdog, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, from the surface to 950 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.[2]

Taxonomy[]

Squalus hawaiiensis was once lumped with the shortspine spurdog, but morphological and genetic data showed that the Hawaiian population was distinct from S. mitsukurii individuals from Japan to be considered a distinct species.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Finucci, B., Cotton, C.F., Kulka, D.W., Neat, F.C., Rigby, C.L., Tanaka, S. & Walker, T.I. (2020). "Squalus hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T162154636A162155066. Retrieved 13 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squalus mitsukurii" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  3. ^ Daly-Engel TS, Koch A, Anderson JM, Cotton CF, Grubbs RD (2018) Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific. ZooKeys 798: 135-157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.798.28375
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