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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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderSqualiformes
  5. FamilySqualidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations1,711
Observations recorded473,662

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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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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