spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 269^th of 1525

Subject:	spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Acanthias vulgaris
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acanthias_vulgaris_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ14100145.tif

The spiny dogfish, spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order. It is found mostly in shallow waters and further offshore in most parts of the world, especially in temperate waters.

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