Spikey Dogfish, Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881)
A Spikey Dogfish, Squalus megalops, off Ansons Bay, SE Tasmania, December 2016, depth about 80 m. Source: lachlanf / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Spikey Dogfish, Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881)
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Distribution |
Known from tropical to temperate waters of Australia, from off Townsville, QLD, to off the North West Shelf, WA. Elsewhere, with a discontinuous distribution - eastern South Atlantic, south-west Indian Ocean, west tropical Pacific. |
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Feeding |
Common prey items include a variety of bony fishes, other sharks and invertebrates (crustaceans, hard-shelled molluscs, cepahlopod molluscs, polychaete worms and brittlestars). |
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Biology |
Ovoviviparous (aplacental viviparous), with 1-6 pups per litter 1-6 (usually two or three). |
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Species Citation |
Acanthias megalops Macleay 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1 6(2): 367. Type locality: Port Jackson, New South Wales. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Spikey Dogfish, Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881)
References
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