Greeneye spurdog

The greeneye spurdog (Squalus chloroculus) is a dogfish described in 2007. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. The length of the longest specimen measured is 85.6 cm (33.7 in).[2] It was considered conspecific with the shortspine spurdog.

Greeneye spurdog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. chloroculus
Binomial name
Squalus chloroculus
Last, White & Motomura, 2007

References

  1. Walker, T.I. & Rochowski , B.E.A. 2019. Squalus chloroculus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T161360A68644464. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T161360A68644464.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Squalus chloroculus" in FishBase. 10 2016 version.
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