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Species of Dogfish sharks
Family Squalidae - Dogfish Sharks - 20 species 

Red indicates inclusion on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.  

Order Squaliformes - Dogfish Sharks
     Family Squalidae - Dogfish Sharks
 Species Common name
          Genus Cirrhigaleus
 Cirrhigaleus asper
 Roughskin Spurdog
 Cirrhigaleus barbifer
 Mandarin Dogfish
          Genus Squalus
Squalus acanthias Spiny Dogfish
 Squalus blainvillei Longnose Spurdog
Squalus brevirostris
 Japanese Shortnose Spurdog
Squalus cubensis
 Cuban Dogfish
 Squalus grahami (Squalus sp. F)  Eastern Longnose Spurdog
Squalus japonicus
 Japanese Spurdog
Squalus lalannei
 Seychelles Spurdog
Squalus megalops
 Shortnose Spurdog
Squalus melanurus
 Blacktail Spurdog
Squalus mitsukurii
 Shortspine Spurdog
Squalus probatovi
 Angola Dogfish
Squalus rancureli
 Cyrano Spurdog
Squalus sp. A
 Bartail Spurdog
Squalus sp. B
 Eastern Highfin Spurdog
Squalus sp. C
 Western Highfin Spurdog
Squalus sp. D
 Fatspine Spurdog
Squalus sp. E
 Western Longnose Spurdog
Squalus sp. G
 Philippines Longnose Spurdog