RI Fish Finder - Dogshark Details

Name:

Dogshark

Water Type:

saltwater

Latin Name:

Squalus acanthias

Common Names:

dogfish, piked dogfish, spiny dogfish, common dogfish

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Description:

Dogfish, also known as a cat shark, can have many meanings, but usually refers to a type of shark:

A shark belonging to the order Squaliformes, or to one of its constituent families:
Family Centrophoridae (gulper sharks)
Family Dalatiidae (kitefin sharks)
Family Etmopteridae (lantern sharks)
Family Oxynotidae (rough sharks)
Family Somniosidae (sleeper sharks)
Family Squalidae (dogfish sharks), and in particular the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

The Spiny dogfish is initially close in appearence to another shark, the Smooth dogfish, or, Smooth hound-shark (Family Triakidae), but can be easily distinguished. The Spiny version has a single spine in front of each of its two dorsal fins. The Spiny dogfish does not possess an anal fin, the Smooth houndshark does.

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Spiny Dogfish
Added by aqualung

Added by ph23249

dogfish
Added by natickguy from the trip entitled 08/08/09 - Narragansett Bay - Rhode Island

Avg. Rating: 4
# of Ratings: 1

# of Comments: 1

Not in the boat
Abbie was afraid to bring in this sandshark. She ended up catching 12 that day.
Added by grady22

Katie and her fish
Here is Katie with her first sandshark of the day. She caught 19 that day
Added by grady22

Avg. Rating: 5
# of Ratings: 1

# of Comments: 1

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