Squalus mitsukurii

Jordan & Snyder, 1903


Shortspine spurdog
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Squalidae

Reference of the original description
Jordan, D.S. & Fowler, H.W. (1903)
A review of the Elasmobranchiate fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26(1324), 593–674

Image of the original description

Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1903

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Acanthias mitsukurii, Squalus cf. mitsukurii, Squalus mitsukuri, Squalus sucklii mitsukurii

Types
Squalus mitsukurii
Holotype: SU: 12793; Paratype: AMNH: 8822; SU: 7184; SU: 7748; SU: 12794;


Description :


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Common names
spa Cazón aguijón galludo, spa Galludo, spa Galludo espinilla, fra \(T\) Aiguillat épinette, eng Blainvilles dogfish, eng Dogfish, eng Green-eyed dogfish, eng Greeneye, eng Greeneye dogfish, eng Greeneye spurdog, eng Grey spiny dogfish, eng Longnose spiny dogfish, eng Northern dogfish, eng Northern spiny dogfish, eng Shortspine dogfish, eng Shortspine spurdog, eng Spikey dogfish, eng Spiny dogfish, por Quelme mitsukuri

Short Description
A large dogfish with a long, angular snout and a small mouth slightly more than half the snout length; body without spots; 1st dorsal fin spine over pectoral fins [536]. Pearl-grey above, white below; fins with white edges, sides rarely with white spots [536].

Distribution
Widely distributed in temperate and subtropical parts of most oceans but possibly consisting of a species complex [1388] [544]. Western Indian Ocean: Walters Shoal (MNHN 1991-0406) [20041]. Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia [1388]. Western Pacific: seamounts in the North Pacific, Japan, Korea, China (and presumably Taiwan and Viet Nam); possibly in New Zealand. Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands. Nominal records of Squalus blainvillei or Squalus fernandinus from the western Indian Ocean, New Caledonia and Chile are based in part on this species. Elsewhere, dogfishes very similar to Squalus mitsukurii are not conspecific with Squalus blainvillei. Southwest Atlantic: Uruguay to Argentina [5839]. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus

Biology
Ovoviviparous. Probably has 4 to 9 young per litter, most births in autumn, off the east coast of South Africa. There might be a gestation period of up to two years, and sexual segregation of females in the southern part of its range. Size at birth about 22 to 26 cm.

Habitat
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 29 - 600 m [17640], usually 48 - 533 m [19579]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6796;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
  • Calicotyle japonica Kitamura, Ogawa, Shimizu, Kurashima, Mano, Taniuchi & Hirose, 2010 [7423]
  • Squalonchocotyle mitsukurii Kitamura, Ogawa, Taniuchi & Hirose, 2006 [7405] [22562] [16578]

Cestoda
  • Gilquinia stevensi Beveridge, 1990 [16251] [16112]
  • Phyllobothrium lactuca Van Beneden, 1850 [16443]
  • Trilocularia eberti Pickering & Caira, 2012 [15784]

Nematoda
Copepoda
Isopoda
  • Aega sp. [21426]
  • Thaumastognathia bicorniger Ota, Kurashima & Horie, 2022 [30445]