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Squalus
Sign in to saveSqualus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Squalidae. Commonly known as spurdogs, these sharks are characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines, teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size, caudal peduncle with lateral keels; upper precaudal pit usually present, and caudal fin without subterminal notch. In spurdogs, the hyomandibula (the bone connecting the braincase to the jaws) is oriented at a right angle to the neurocranium, while in other sharks, the hyomandibula runs more parallel to the body. This led some to think that the upper jaw of Squalus would not be as protractile as the
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderSqualiformes
- FamilySqualidae
Los Squalus, comúnmente conocidos como spurdos, son un género de tiburones de la familia Squalidae. Índice 1 Especies 2 Véase también 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Especies Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758) Squalus acutirostris (Y. T. Chu, Q. W. Meng & S. Li, 1984) Squalus albifrons (Last, W. T. White & Stevens, 2007) Squalus altipinnis (Last, W. T. White & Stevens, 2007) Squalus blainville (A. Risso, 1827) Squalus brevirostris (Tanaka, 1917) Squalus bucephalus (Last, Séret & Pogonoski, 2007) Squalus chloroculus (Last, W. T. White & Motomura, 2007) Squalus crassispinus (Last, Edmunds & Yearsley, 2007) Squalus cubensis (Howell-Rivero, 1936) Squalus edmundsi (W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007) Squalus formosus (W. T. White & Iglésias, 2011)[1] Squalus grahami (W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007) Squalus griffini (Phillipps, 1931) Squalus hemipinnis (W. T. White, Last & Yearsley, 2007) Squalus japonicus (Ishikawa, 1908) Squalus lalannei (Baranes, 2003) Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881) Squalus melanurus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) Squalus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1903) Squalus montalbani (Whitley, 1931) Squalus nasutus (Last, L.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,069
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Squalidae
- Collections
- USNM, SDNHM, NHMUK, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Ecuador
Research
903 papers- Characteristics of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) nuclear genome.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023
- The chondrichthyan glucagon-like peptide 3 regulates hepatic ketone metabolism in the Pacific spiny dogfish Squalus suckleyi.General and comparative endocrinology · 2024
- Hormonal effects on glucose and ketone metabolism in a perfused liver of an elasmobranch, the North Pacific spiny dogfish, Squalus suckleyi.General and comparative endocrinology · 2024
- The rectal gland of Squalus acanthias: a model for the transport of chloride.Kidney international · 1996
- Effect of parabranchial position on ventilatory pressures in the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi).Zoology (Jena, Germany) · 2023
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- temporal range start
- Late Cretaceous
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Squalus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Squalidae. Commonly known as spurdogs, these sharks are characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines, teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size, caudal peduncle with lateral keels; upper precaudal pit usually present, and caudal fin without subterminal notch. In spurdogs, the hyomandibula (the bone connecting the braincase to the jaws) is oriented at a right angle to the neurocranium, while in other sharks, the hyomandibula runs more parallel to the body. This led some to think that the upper jaw of Squalus would not be as protractile as the jaws of other sharks. However, a study that compared different jaw suspension types in sharks showed that this is not the case and that Squalus is quite capable of protruding its upper jaw during feeding.
The name comes from squalus, the Latin for shark; this word is the root for numerous words related to sharks such as squaline and scientific names for sharks, such as the order Squaliformes.
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