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Nipponic dogfish

Squalus shiraii Viana & Carvalho, 2020

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The nipponic dogfish (Squalus shiraii) is a species in the family Squalidae, order Squaliformes.

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Quick facts about the nipponic dogfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the nipponic dogfish live?

Not recorded

Is the nipponic dogfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the nipponic dogfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderSqualiformes
  5. familySqualidae
  6. genusSqualus
  7. SpeciesSqualus shiraii Viana & Carvalho, 2020
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Shirai's dogfishEnglish
  • Shirai’s spurdogEnglish
  • Shirais DornhaiGerman
  • Hiretaka-tsunozameJapanese
  • ヒレタカツノザメJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the nipponic dogfish

Other species in the same genus Squalus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the nipponic dogfish?

The nipponic dogfish (Squalus shiraii) belongs to the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nipponic dogfish (Squalus shiraii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-dogfish

MLA

“Nipponic dogfish (Squalus shiraii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-dogfish.

BibTeX
@misc{nipponic_dogfish_2026,
  title = {Nipponic dogfish (Squalus shiraii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-dogfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}