Squalus canicula = Scyliorhinus canicula (small-spotted catshark, lesser-spotted dogfish) Scyliorhinus canicula syn. Squalus canicula
Date 1796
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4786793
Author Marcus Elieser Bloch
Full title Sharks! * Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature / par Marc Éliéser Bloch.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIchthyologie%3B_ou%2C_Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_%28Plate_112%29_%286918377788%29.jpg
The small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), also known as the sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay, is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. Scyliorhinus canicula is found on the continental shelves and the uppermost continental slopes off the coasts of Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal and in the Mediterranean. The lesser-spotted dogfishes are small, shallow-water sharks with a slender body and a blunt head. The upper side of the body is greyish brown with dark brown spots. Individual small-spotted catsharks have different personality traits. Some individuals are more sociable than others, some more aggressive, some more exploratory in nature.
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Scyliorhinus
Species: Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
