Blacktailed spurdog

Blacktailed spurdog
from New Caledonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. melanurus
Binomial name
Squalus melanurus
Range of the blacktailed spurdog (in blue)

The blacktailed spurdog (Squalus melanurus) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found around New Caledonia in the central Pacific Ocean, at depths from 320 to 320 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.

Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

  1. ^ Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Squalus melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41860A116737441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41860A116737441.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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