Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Distribution Greenland to Argentina

Distribution Greenland to Argentina [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105923 on 2025-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Acanthias americanus Storer, 1846) Storer, D. H. (1846). A synopsis of the fishes of North America. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (new series). v. 2 (art. 7): 253-550. [details]

original description (of Squalus wakiyae Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. Tokyo. v. 27: 475-494, Pls. 131-135. [In Japanese and English.]. [details]

original description (of Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Poissons. In: Mission scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. VI. Zoologie. Paris. v. 6 (pt 1) (art. C): C1-C35, Pls. Poissons 1-4. [details]

original description (of Squalus acanthias acanthias Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Opportunistic feeder, but primarily small fishes such as herrring, capelin and cod [details]

Distribution Greenland to Argentina [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat Frequents coastal and inshore waters, found at temperatures of 6-15 C. [details]

Importance Scientific- North America- univerisity laboratory dissection specimen, nuisance to fishing industry; Europe-widely used as food [details]

Predators Young vulnerable to predaceous bony fishes and sharks. Adults prey to large predacious bony fishes and to marine mammals. [details]

Reproduction Ovoviviparous, gestation period of 22 months, birth occurs during winter in offshore waters [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	peshkaqen gjëmbor	[details]
Breton	spinekc'hi	[details]
Danish	pighaj	[details]
Dutch	doornhaai	[details]
English	spurdogspiny dogfishpiked dogfishpicky dogpicked dog-fish [from synonym]picked dogfish	[details]
French	chien dardaiquillataiguillat communaiguillat [from synonym]	[details]
German	gemeiner DornhaiDornhai	[details]
Hebrew	קוצן נקוד	[details]
Icelandic	háfur	[details]
Irish	fiógach	[details]
Italian	spinarolo	[details]
Japanese	アブラツノザメ	[details]
Lithuanian	paprastasis dygliaryklis	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Κεντρόνι	[details]
Norwegian	pigghå	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	pigghå	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	pigghå	[details]
Polish	koleń pospolity	[details]
Portuguese	galhudo	[details]
Romanian	câine de mare	[details]
Russian	Акула катран	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	cu-maire	[details]
Spanish	mielgagalludoscazón espinoso comúnagulat	[details]
Swedish	pigghajhå	[details]
Turkish	mahmuzlu camgözmahmuzlu camgoz	[details]
Ukrainian	морський собакаКатран звичайнийКатранАкула катран	[details]
Welsh	ci pigog	[details]