The name dogfish is applied to a number of types of small sharks found in the northeast Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean, especially three principal families – Scyliorhinidae, Squalidae and Squalidae. The name is applied only loosely and does not signify a close taxonomic relationship. A number of other unrelated fish, notably the bowfin, are also sometimes referred to as dogfish.
Species of dogfish
- Brown smoothhound (Rhinotriacis henlai)
- Chain dogfish (Sciliorhynus retifer)
- Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata)
- Lesser spotted dogfish (Sciliorhynus caniculus)
- Longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa)
- Prickly dogfish (Oxynotis bruniensis)
- Roughskin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus asper)
- Shortnose velvet dogfish (Centroscymnus cryptacanthus)
- Smooth dogfish (Mustelis canis)
- Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
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