''Squalus altipinnis'', the western highfin spurdog, is a dogfish of the

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Squalidae Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. Having earned t ...

found on the continental shelf off

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, at depths between 220 and 510 m. Its reproduction is

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. Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, ''Sharks of the World'', Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005

References

altipinnis Fish of Australia Fish described in 2007 Taxa named by Peter R. Last Taxa named by William Toby White Taxa named by John D. Stevens {{Shark-stub