Bartail spurdog
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Bartail spurdog
| Bartail spurdog | |
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| 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 |
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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. Downloaded on January 29, 2010.
- ^ a b Compagno, Dando & Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
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