Squalus canicula = Scyliorhinus canicula (small-spotted catshark, lesser-spotted dogfish) Scyliorhinus canicula syn. Squalus canicula
English: Nurse Hound
Bounce and Catfish Squalus canicula Catulus major Scyllium catulus Scyllium stellaris Squale Roussette
Subject: Zebra shark
Tag: Fish
Date 1877
Source/Photographer Jonathan Couch (1877) History of the Fishes of the British Islands, London: George Bell & Sons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46032_Nurse_Hound_Bounce_and_Catfish.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)
