Roughskin dogfish

The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.

The Roughskin dogfish lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 200 - 650 m environment.

Range of the roughskin dogfish (in blue) Greyreefsharksmall2. More

Biology The diet of roughskin dogfish consists of small fishes. Very little is known about development in the species. Males mature at 72-84 cm (29-34 in) and females at 102 cm (41 in). The maximum reported size is 104 cm (42 in). More

Merrett described the roughskin dogfish as Squalus asper in 1973. Shortly afterwards, this name was changed to the currently valid Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett 1973). The genus name Cirrhigaleus is derived from the Latin "cirrus" which means curl fringe and the Greek "galeo" meaning a shark. More

No image of Roughskin dogfish found in the Shark Database Range Map Earth Map Names Scientific: Centroscymnus owstoni German: Rauhaut-Glattfisch More

Common names

Aiguillat à peau rugueuse in French (français)
Galludo raspa in Spanish (español)
Ostroun Roughskin in Czech (česky)
Quelme rugoso in Portuguese (Português)
Rauhaut-Dornhai in German (Deutsch)
Roughskin dogfish in English
roughskin dogshark in English
Roughskin spiny dogfish in English
roughskin spurdog in English
Ruskindet pighaj in Danish (dansk)
Ruwe doornhaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Ruwevel-penhaai in Afrikaans
卷盔鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
卷盔鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
卷角鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
卷角鲨 in Mandarin Chinese

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