Roughskin spurdog | |
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Off the coast of South Carolina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Squalidae |
Genus: | Cirrhigaleus |
Species: | C. asper
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Binomial name | |
Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973)
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Range of the roughskin spurdog (in blue) |
The roughskin spurdog (Cirrhigaleus asper) is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 35°N and 35°S, at depths of between 200 metres (660 ft) and 600 metres (2,000 ft). It reaches a length of 1.2 metres (3.9 ft).
The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.