spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

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Subject:	spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
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SQUALUS ACANTHIAS.
Date 1796.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7064438761
Author Marcus Elieser Bloch
Full title Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature / par Marc Éliéser Bloch.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ichthyologie;_ou,_Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_(Plate_85)_(7064438761).jpg

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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