Squaliformes

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Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes the smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish and others, about 80 species in four families.

Members of the order have two dorsal fins, no anal fin, and no nictitating membrane. They have five gill slits.

Classification

Family Echinorhinidae''

Echinorhinus
* Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Bramble shark) [link]
* Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) (Prickly shark) [link]

Family Centrophoridae

Centrophorus
* Centrophorus acus (Garman, 1906) (Needle dogfish) [link]
* Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Gulper Shark) [link]
* Centrophorus harrissoni (McCulloch, 1915) (Dumb gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus lusitanicus (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (Lowfin gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus machiquensis Maul, 1955 (no common name) [link]
* Centrophorus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1860) (Smallfin gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus niaukang (Teng, 1959) (Taiwan gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Leafscale gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus tesselatus (Garman), 1906 (Mosaic gulper shark) [link]
* Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810) (Little gulper shark) [link]
Deania
* Deania calcea (Lowe, 1839) (Birdbeak dogfish) [link]
* Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906) (Rough longnose dogfish) [link]
* Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Arrowhead dogfish) [link]
* Deania quadrispinosum (McCulloch, 1915) (Longsnout dogfish) [link]

Family Dalatiidae''

Aculeola
* Aculeola nigra (de Buen, 1959) (Hooktooth dogfish) [link]
Centroscyllium
* Centroscyllium excelsum (Shirai & Nakaya, 1990) (Highfin dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) (Black dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium granulatum Günther, 1887 (Granular dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium kamoharai Abe, 1966 (Bareskin dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium nigrum Garman, 1899 (Combtooth dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889) (Ornate dogfish) [link]
* Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903 (Whitefin dogfish) [link]
Centroscymnus
* Centroscymnus coelolepis (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864 (Portuguese dogfish) [link]
* Centroscymnus crepidater (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (Longnose velvet dogfish) [link]
* Centroscymnus cryptacanthus (Regan, 1906) (Shortnose velvet dogfish) [link]
* Centroscymnus macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (Largespine velvet dogfish) [link]
* Centroscymnus owstoni (Garman, 1906) (Roughskin dogfish) [link]
* Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910) (Plunket shark) [link]
Cirrhigaleus
* Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973) (Roughskin spurdog) [link]
* Cirrhigaleus barbifer (Tanaka, 1912) (Mandarin dogfish) [link]
Dalatias
* Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Kitefin shark) [link]
Etmopterus
* Etmopterus baxteri (Garrick, 1957) (New Zealand lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus brachyurus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Shorttail lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957) (Lined lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus carteri (Springer & Burgess, 1985) (Cylindrical lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus decacuspidatus (Chan, 1966) (Combtooth lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus gracilispinis (Krefft, 1968) (Broadband lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) (Southern lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus lucifer (Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (Blackbelly lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus perryi (Springer & Burgess, 1985) (Dwarf lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus polli (Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953) (African lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus princeps (Collett, 1904) (Great lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839) (Smooth lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus schultzi (Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953) (Fringefin lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus sentosus (Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976) (Thorny lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) (Velvet belly) [link]
* Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912) (Brown lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus villosus (Gilbert, 1905) (Hawaiian lanternshark) [link]
* Etmopterus virens (Henry Bryant Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953 (Green lanternshark) [link]
Euprotomicroides
* Euprotomicroides zantedeschia (Hulley & Penrith, 1966) (Taillight shark) [link]
Europtomicrus
* Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pygmy shark) [link]
Heteroscymnoides
* Heteroscymnoides marleyi (Fowler, 1934) (Longnose pygmy shark) [link]
Isistius
* Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Cookiecutter shark cigar shark) [link]
* Isistius labialis (Meng, Zhu & Li, 1985) (South China Cookiecutter shark) [link]
* Isistius plutodus (Garrick & Springer, 1964) (Largetooth cookiecutter shark) [link]
Mollisquama
* Mollisquama parini (Dolganov, 1984) (Softskin dogfish) [link]
Oxynotus
* Oxynotus bruniensis (Ogilby, 1893) (Prickly dogfish) [link]
* Oxynotus caribbaeus (Cervigón, 1961) (Caribbean roughshark) [link]
* Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Angular roughshark) [link]
* Oxynotus japonicus (Yano & Murofushi, 1985) (Japanese roughshark) [link]
* Oxynotus paradoxus (Frade, 1929) (Sailfin roughshark) [link]
Scymnodalatias
* Scymnodalatias albicauda (Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986) (Whitetail dogfish) [link]
* Scymnodalatias garricki (Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988) (Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988) [link]
* Scymnodalatias oligodon (Kukuyev & Konovalenko, 1988) (Sparsetooth dogfish) [link]
* Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Archey, 1921) (Sherwood dogfish) [link]
Scymnodon
* Scymnodon ichiharai (Yano & Tanaka, 1984) (Japanese velvet dogfish) [link]
* Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888) (Smallmouth velvet dogfish) [link]
* Scymnodon ringens (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864) (Knifetooth dogfish) [link]
* Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Greenland sleeper shark) [link]
Somniosus
* Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Sleeper shark, Greenland shark or Gurry shark) [link]
* Somniosus pacificus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944) (Pacific sleeper shark) [link]
* Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1827) (Little sleeper shark) [link]
Squaliolus
* Squaliolus aliae (Teng, 1959) (Smalleye pygmy shark) [link]
* Squaliolus laticaudus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Spined pygmy shark) [link]

Family Squalidae

Squalus
* Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spiny dogfish) [link]
* Squalus acutirostris (Chu, Meng & Li, 1984) () [link]
* Squalus asper (Merrett, 1973) (Roughskin spurdog) [link]
* Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827) (Longnose spurdog) [link]
* Squalus cubensis (Howell-Rivero, 1936) (Cuban dogfish) [link]
* Squalus japonicus (Ishikawa, 1908) (Japanese spurdog or Japanese roughshark) [link]
* Squalus magalops (Macleay, 1881) (Shortnose spurdog) [link]
* Squalus melanurus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (Blacktail spurdog) [link]
* Squalus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1903) (Shortspine spurdog) [link]
* Squalus rancureli (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) (Cyrano spurdog) [link]

References

["Squaliformes"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
FAO Species catalogue Volume 4 Parts 1 and 2

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