Spurdog shark spine
- Description
- Thank you to Paolo Viscardi for identifying this object for RAMM. He’s written a great blog post here: https://paoloviscardi.com/2015/10/23/friday-mystery-object-263-answer/. It is the spine from the leading edge of the first or second dorsal fin of a Spurdog shark in the genus Squalus.
- Accession Loan No.
- NHtemp54
- Collection Class
- Fish
- Common Name
- Spurdog shark spine
- Simple Name
- fish
- Full Name
- SQUALIDAE: Squalus sp.: Spurdog shark
- Family Group
- Phylum
- CHORDATA
- Family
- SQUALIDAE
- Genus
- Squalus
- Species
- sp.
