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Gulf dogfish

Squalus clarkae Pfleger, Grubbs, Cotton & Daly-Engel, 2018

Status not recordedsharks and rays

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

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Quick facts about the gulf 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 gulf dogfish live?

Not recorded

Is the gulf 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 gulf dogfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classElasmobranchii
  4. orderSqualiformes
  5. familySqualidae
  6. genusSqualus
  7. SpeciesSqualus clarkae Pfleger, Grubbs, Cotton & Daly-Engel, 2018
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Genie's dogfishEnglish
  • Genie’s dogfishEnglish
  • Spinarolo di GenieItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gulf dogfish

Other species in the same genus Squalus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the gulf dogfish?

The gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae) 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). Gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/squalus-clarkae

MLA

“Gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/squalus-clarkae.

BibTeX
@misc{squalus_clarkae_2026,
  title = {Gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/squalus-clarkae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}