WoRMS taxon details
Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1903
217371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217371)
accepted
Species
Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalus mitsukuri Jordan & Snyder, 1903 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jordan, D. S.; H. W. Fowler, H. W. (1903). A review of the elasmobranchiate fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 26 (no. 1324): 593-674, Pls. 26-27. [details]
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on bony fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans (Ref....
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on bony fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Ovoviviparous with 6-9 pups (Ref. 6577). Off the east coast of South Africa, sexual segration of females in the southern part of its range occurs. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217371 on 2025-05-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Jordan, D. S.; H. W. Fowler, H. W. (1903). A review of the elasmobranchiate fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 26 (no. 1324): 593-674, Pls. 26-27. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on bony fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Ovoviviparous with 6-9 pups (Ref. 6577). Off the east coast of South Africa, sexual segration of females in the southern part of its range occurs. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shortspine spurdogshortspine dogfish | [details] |
| Japanese | フトツノザメ | [details] |
| Russian | Зеленоглазая (короткошипая) колючая акула | [details] |
| Spanish | cazón aguijón galludo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (73 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus mitsukuri Jordan & Snyder, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalus mitsukurii)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus mitsukuri Jordan & Snyder, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984)
To FishBase images (Squalus mitsukurii, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus mitsukurii RAD100048-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus mitsukurii RAD100066-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Squalus mitsukuri Jordan & Snyder, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalus mitsukurii)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus mitsukuri Jordan & Snyder, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus acutirostris Chu, Meng & Li, 1984)
To FishBase images (Squalus mitsukurii, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To GenBank (81 nucleotides; 83 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus mitsukurii RAD100048-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Squalus mitsukurii RAD100066-001)
To ITIS
