SHORTSPINE SPURDOG

Squalus mitsukurii


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Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1903

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Found on the continental and insular shelves and upper slopes (Ref. 247). Benthopelagic at 29-600 m, perhaps from 4-740 m (Ref. 58302). Feeds on bony fishes including hake, snoek, conger eels and lantern fishes (Ref. 36731), cephalopods, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with about 4 to 9 pups in a litter (Ref. 247).