Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

Whitespotted Dogfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:de3341af-2523-4396-a8c6-77f787909c1a

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Data Links

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Squalus acanthias
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNVulnerable

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
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Species Lists

state listed spp (non EPBC)

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Squalus acanthias

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782
Squalus fernandinus Molina, 1782
Published in: Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile. Libro 4 Bologna : S. Tommaso d'Aquino pp. 367
Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888
Published in: Vaillant, L.L. 1888. Poissons.. Mission Sci. Cap Horn 1882-1883 Vol. 6 Zoologie (1c) pp. 1-35
Koinga lebruni (Vaillant, 1888)
Koinga lebruni (Vaillant, 1888)
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Vol. 89 (1) pp. 11-127
Koinga kirki (Phillipps, 1931)
Koinga kirki (Phillipps, 1931)
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. pp. 280 pp. 303 figs
Koinga whitleyi (Phillipps, 1931)
Koinga whitleyi (Phillipps, 1931)
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. pp. 280 pp. 303 figs
Squalus kirki Phillipps, 1931
Published in: Phillipps, W.J. 1931. New species of piked dogfish. N.Z. J. Sci. Technol. Vol. 12 (6) pp. 360-361
Squalus whitleyi Phillipps, 1931
Published in: Phillipps, W.J. 1931. New species of piked dogfish. N.Z. J. Sci. Technol. Vol. 12 (6) pp. 360-361
Flakeus tasmaniensis (Rivero, 1936)
Flakeus tasmaniensis (Rivero, 1936)
Published in: Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. pp. 280 pp. 303 figs
Squalus tasmaniensis Rivero, 1936
Published in: Rivero, L.H. 1936. A new shark from Tasmania. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. 8 pp. 267-268 fig. 10

Common Names

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Whitespotted Dogfish
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Piked Dogfish
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Spiny Dogfish
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Spurdog
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Spotted Spiny Dogfish
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Victorian Spotted Dogfish
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White Spotted Dogfish
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White-spotted Spurdog
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Blue Dog
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Cape Shark
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Common Spiny
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Common Spiny Fish
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Darwen Salmon
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Dogfish
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Flake
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Grayfish
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Huss
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Pacific Dogfish
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Picked Dogfish
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Rigg
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Rock Salmon
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Southern Spiny Dogfish
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Spiky Dog
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Spiny
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Spring Dogfish
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Spur Dogfish
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White-spotted Dogfish
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Whitespotted Spurdog
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
CHONDRICHTHYES
subclass
ELASMOBRANCHII
order
SQUALIFORMES
family
SQUALIDAE
genus
Squalus
species
Squalus acanthias  Recorded in Australia

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