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Cyrano spurdog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Squalidae

Scientific name
  
Squalus rancureli

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squaliformes

Genus
  
Squalus

Higher classification
  
Spurdog

Cyrano spurdog

Similar
  
Ornate dogfish, Western highfin spurdog, Bareskin dogfish, Longsnout dogfish, Combtooth lanternshark

The cyrano spurdog (Squalus rancureli) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found in the western central Pacific Ocean between latitudes 16°S and 18°S at depths between 320 and 400 m. Its length is up to 77 cm.

Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

Cyrano spurdog Wikipedia