Directory of Squaliformes Resources

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Squaliformes is an order of sharks, members of which are commonly known as bramble, gulper, sleeper and dogfish sharks.

Resources in This Category

• Black Dogfish: Centroscyllium fabricii

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Centroscyllium_fabricii.htm
  Drawing of this small species and its teeth, its description and information on its range.

• Bramble Shark: Echinorhinus brucus

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Echinorhinus_brucus.htm
  Also called the spiny shark, this species is named for the thorn-like scales on its back. Drawing and information.

• Dalatias licha

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Dalatias_licha.htm
  Drawing and information about this species.

• Greenland Shark: Somniosus microcephalus

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Somniosus_microcephalus.htm
  Sometimes known as the sleeper, gurry or ground shark, a drawing of this species, its description, habits and range.

• Orders Summary for Squaliformes

  http://www.fishbase.org/summary/OrdersSummary.php?order=Squaliformes
  Identifying features of members of this order, including the families Centrophoridae, Dalatiidae, Echinorhinidae, Etmopteridae and Squalidae.

• Portuguese Shark: Centroscymnus coelolepis

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Centroscymnus_coelolepis.htm
  Drawing of this species, its description and information on its habits and range.

• Spiny Dogfish: Squalus acanthias

  http://www.gma.org/fogm/Squalus_acanthias.htm
  Description and drawings of this species and many of its teeth, and information on its habits, range and occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.

• Spiny Dogfish: Squalus acanthias

  http://www.arkive.org/spiny-dogfish/squalus-acanthias/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Squaliformes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaliformes
  Information from Wikipedia on this order of sharks, members of which are commonly known as bramble, gulper, sleeper and dogfish sharks.

 

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