Japanese spurdog

Taxobox
name = Japanese spurdog
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Squalidae
genus = Squalus
species = "S. japonicus"
binomial = "Squalus japonicus"
binomial_authority = Ishikawa, 1908
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range_map_caption = 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. It inhabits continental shelves and uppermost slopes at depths from 150 to 300 m. Its length is up to 91 cm.

Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

ee also

* List of sharks

References

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