Squaliformes

Sites 9

• Squaliformes Information from Wikipedia on this order of sharks, members of which are commonly known as bramble, gulper, sleeper and dogfish sharks.
• Bramble Shark: Echinorhinus brucus Also called the spiny shark, this species is named for the thorn-like scales on its back. Drawing and information.
• Dalatias licha Drawing and information about this species.
• Greenland Shark: Somniosus microcephalus Sometimes known as the sleeper, gurry or ground shark, a drawing of this species, its description, habits and range.
• Portuguese Shark: Centroscymnus coelolepis Drawing of this species, its description and information on its habits and range.
• Black Dogfish: Centroscyllium fabricii Drawing of this small species and its teeth, its description and information on its range.
• Spiny Dogfish: Squalus acanthias 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 Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
• Orders Summary for Squaliformes Identifying features of members of this order, including the families Centrophoridae, Dalatiidae, Echinorhinidae, Etmopteridae and Squalidae.