Eastern highfin spurdog

Eastern highfin spurdog
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae
Genus:	Squalus
Species:	S. albifrons
Binomial name
	Squalus albifrons; Last, W. T. White & Stevens, 2007

The eastern highfin spurdog (Squalus albifrons) is a dogfish described in 2007. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found on the continental shelf off Queensland, Australia, at depths between 220 and 510 m. The length of the longest specimen measured is 65 cm (26 in).[2] Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

Finucci, B. 2019. Squalus albifrons. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T42723A68644232. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T42723A68644232.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.
Leonard Compagno; Marc Dando & Sarah Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.

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[1] Finucci, B. 2019. Squalus albifrons. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T42723A68644232. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T42723A68644232.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.

[2] Leonard Compagno; Marc Dando & Sarah Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.